\paperw4290 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 A well-known painter of genre scenes, Nicolaes Maes here renounces the customary domestic interior to depict a young woman leaning out of a
window, apparently lost in her dreams. The image is reminiscent of several compositions by another Dutch painter, Gerrit Dou. Maes inserts plants and fruit into the picture, displaying a certain awkwardness in still life representation.
