Today’s Masterpiece Story is about this lovely genre painting by Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in small-scale domestic scenes and portraits.

Every time I look at 17th-century Dutch paintings, I ask myself the same question: why do they always show cows? You will probably think this is a shallow and useless question, but let me show you ...

BELLEVILLE — Fr. Allen Maes, OMI, 85, died on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Dammert Care Center of the Benedictine Living Community at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville.