Nicolaes Maes: Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’
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Artist |
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Title |
Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’ ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) label QS:Lnl,"Oude vrouw in gebed, bekend als ‘Het gebed zonder end’"
label QS:Len,"Old woman in prayer, known as ‘Prayer without end’" |
Object type |
painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre |
genre art ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Date |
Circa 1656 date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 113 cm (44.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,113U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Gallery of Honour |
Accession number |
SK-C-535 |
Place of creation |
Dordrecht |
Object history |
Unknown date: acquired by A. Lacoste, Dordrecht
Unknown date: acquired by Genootschap Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
June 1889: given to the city of Amsterdam, Inventory number SA 7369, by Genootschap Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
11 November 1889: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-535, by the city of Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
The Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 June 2005–2 October 2005, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 25 October 2005–15 January 2006.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2 November 2007–13 February 2008.
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, 9 May 2009–13 September 2009, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55365-471-1, p. 164-165.
L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010, ISBN 9782358670050, p. 202-203, cat. no. 82.
The Golden Age of Dutch Painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, 11 March 2011–6 June 2011.
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Inscriptions |
Monogram bottom right:
N:M:S
- On the tablecloth
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References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’, circa 1656 date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
Amsterdam Museum collectie online, as Oude vrouw in gebed, 1650-1660.
RKDimages, Art-work number 7194, as Old woman saying grace at the table, circa 1656date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (1654-1658)
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40004932, as Oude vrouw in gebed, bekend als ‘Het gebed zonder end’, circa 1656date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360633, as Betende alte Frau ('Das Gebet ohne Ende')
Web Gallery of Art, as Old Woman Saying Grace, circa 1656date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
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Source/Photographer |
Unknown sourceUnknown source |
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