Vegetable Market

About this artwork

Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London

Art Historical Context

Nicolaes Maes, a Dutch Golden Age painter who trained under Rembrandt, created this lively market scene between 1655 and 1665. During this prosperous era in the Netherlands, artists frequently turned to everyday subjects to celebrate the nation’s thriving commerce and domestic life. “Vegetable Market” captures the abundance of 17th-century Dutch trade, with its detailed display of produce reflecting the economic vitality that made cities like Amsterdam hubs of global exchange. Rendered in oil on canvas, the work showcases Maes’s skill at depicting textures—from the rough skins of root vegetab...

About the Artist

Nicolaes Maes · 1634–1693

Maes' genre scenes are his most well-known works although he was also a painter of religious scenes in his early career and a portraitist later in his career. Comment on works: Portraits; Interiors; History