Captain Job Jansse Cuijter (d. 1684) and His Family
Artist
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch, 1634–1693
Date1659
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions42 1/2 x 58 5/8 in. (108 x 148.9 cm)
Frame: 52 x 68 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (132.1 x 173.4 x 8.3 cm)
Frame: 52 x 68 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (132.1 x 173.4 x 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.47
On View
Not on view[1] William W. Robinson, “Nicholaes Maes: Some Observations on His Early Portraits,” in Symposium Papers for Rembrandt and His Pupils (Exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1993), p. 108
Published References“Catalogus van eene fraaije verzameling schilderijen, meest door Nederlandsche meesters...” (auction catalogue) (Amsterdam: Jeronimo de Vries, December 17, 1832), lot 44, as Het afscheid nemen en aan boord gaan van een zeeofficier by N. Maas.
George Redford, Art Sales: A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art (London: 1888), Vol. 2, 304E.
“Catalogue of choice pictures by old masters, chiefly of the dutch school the property of A.F. Walter, Esq...also fine old pictures from numerous private collections and different sources” (auction catalogue) (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, June 20, 1913), lot 77, as Portraits of a Gentleman, His Wife and Six Children.
C[ornelis] Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century (Based on the Work of John Smith), Vol. 6 (London: Macmillan and Co., 1916), cat. no. 568, section 23 (as A Married Couple with Six Children).
Algernon Graves, Art Sales from Early in the Eighteenth Century to Early in the Twentieth Century (London: Published by Algernon Graves, 1921), Vol. 2, 197.
A. Bredius, "Bijdragen tot een biografie van Nicolaes Maes," Oud Holland 41, nos. 1-6 (1923-24), 214.
“Catalogue of pictures by old masters, the properties of H.S. Marsham-Townshend...and from various sources” (auction catalogue) (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 12, 1946), lot 90, as A Family Group.
“Catalogue of pictures by old masters: the properties of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Halifax ... and others” (auction catalogue) (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, December 12, 1947), lot 59, as A Family Group by Nicolaus Maes.
W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 55 (as A Merchant of Dordrecht with His Wife and Children), illus. (b-w).
W. R. Valentiner, Rembrandt and His Pupils: A Loan Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), cat. no. 71 (in Pupils section), illus. (b-w).
A. Staring, "Vier Familiegroepen van Nicolas Maes," Oud Holland 80, no. 3 (1965), 171-72, 179, illus. 177.
D[avid] van Fossen, "Aert de Gelder: An attribution for the Christ Blessing the Children in London," The Art Quarterly 33, no. 2 (Summer 1970), 135, 145 (note 5), illus. 138.
Mario Praz, Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971), 209.
S[usan] D[onahue] Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt 1634-1683 (Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1979), 46.
W[illiam] W. Robinson, "Family Portraits of the Golden Age," Apollo 110, no. 214 (December 1979), 490 ff. & 494, illus. 494.
Dutch Seventeenth Century Portraiture: The Golden Age (exhibition catalogue) (Sarasota: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1981), cat. no. 42.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 105.
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Vol. 3, edition PVA, text by B. Keil and J. Ovens (Landau/Pfalz: Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1983), cat. no. 1440, illus. (color) 2166.
Bob Haak, The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, Elizabeth Willems-Treeman, ed. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984), 100, illus.
"Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview, (Autumn 1986), briefly discussed 4.
Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), briefly discussed 9.
Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987), cat. no. 265, illus. 519; Overloed en Onbehagen: De Nederlandse Cultuur in de Gouden Eeuw, 2nd ed. (Amsterdam / Antwerp: Atlas Contact, 2017), illus. (color) 666–667.
Durham: The Sun (October 27, 1989), illus.
De Zichtbaere Werelt: Schilderkunst uit de Gouden Eeuw in Hollands oudste stad (exhibition catalogue) (Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 1992), cat. no. 66, 250, note 5, 226, note 1 (catalogue only, not in exhibition).
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 100.
NationalMusei Skriftserie, Rembrandt and His Pupils, ed. Gorel Cavalli-Bjorkman (Stockholm, 2-3 October 1992).
William W. Robinson, “Nicolaes Maes: Some Observations on His Early Portraits,” in Görel Cavalli-Björkman, Rembrandt and His Pupils, (Stockholm; Nationalmuseum, 1993), Chapter 8, 98-118.
Jo Allen and Gil Leebrick, eds., Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Art, East Carolina University, 1996), illus. (color) 39.
Léon Krempel, Nicolas Maes (Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2000), 290, illus. fig. 106.
Stephen Farthing, ed., 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die (New York: Universe Publishing, 2007), discussed and illus. (color) 265.
Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 28, illus. (color) 123.
Simon Schama, Overvloed en Onbehagen, (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Atlas Contact, 2017), illus. (color)
Ariane van Suchtelen, et al, Nicolaes Maes (exhibition catalogue) (The Hague: Mauritshaus, 2019), 130–131, illus. (color) 103, fig. 6 (catalogue only, not in exhibition).Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Rembrandt and His Pupils: A Loan Exhibition," November 16-December 30, 1956, cat. no. 71 (in Pupils section) illus. (b-w).
Sarasota, FL, The John and Mable Ringling Museum, "Dutch Seventeenth Century Portraiture: The Golden Age," December 4, 1980-February 8, 1981, cat. no. 42.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986- February 15, 1987, briefly discussed 9.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, The Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "A Children's Guide to Facets of Faces: Functions of Portraits," September 1, 1989-June 17, 1990.
Durham, NC, Duke University Museum of Art, "Ten Dutch and Flemish Paintings," October, 1995-May 1996.
Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, "Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates," November 1-23, 1996, illus. (color) 39.
Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, "Beyond Likeness: Contemporary Considerations of the Portrait," November 1-December 31, 1997; Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, April 30-June 28, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, July 11-August 30, 1998; Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, September 17, 1998-January 2, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, January 14-February 28, 1999, brochure.
Columbia, SC, Columbia Museum of Art, to be displayed with the permanent collection, May 12, 2007-May 10, 2009.
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