New Arrivals
As it Appears
The painting is apparently the earliest interior of its kind with a view into an adjacent room. The kitchen scene in Maes's painting is complemented by the room beyond, where figures sit at table. The strong lighting in the foreground shows the artist's continuing debt to Rembrandt. It highlights the figures of the maid and the mistress, the standing figure gesturing towards the idle servant with an array of dishes at her feet and a cat stealing food on the ledge beside her