Excerpt from Masters in Art, Vol. 9: A Series of Illustrated Monographs, Issued Monthly; March, 1908Some of the later portraits attributed to Maes are so inferior in conception and handling that it has been thought by some critics that they may have been painted by another artist of the same name, possibly a son, as the name Maes or Maas is a common one in Holland. The manner of signature, too, on the early genre pictures and that on the later portraits is quite different in character. In the former the artist wrote his name, N. Maes, either in large Roman letters or with the m,a, and E, the first three letters of the surname, joined in a monogram. In the later pictures the initial N and the initial M of the surname were joined together with many flourishes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.