梅斯出生在多德雷赫特，格里特梅斯，一个繁荣的商人，和艾达赫尔曼Claesdr的儿子。大约在1648年，他去了阿姆斯特丹，在那里他进入伦勃朗的工作室。他的回归到多德雷赫特在1653年之前，梅斯画了几张Rembrandtesque流派的图片，与真人大小的人物和色彩的深刻发光的方案，例如遐想在国家博物馆在阿姆斯特丹，该卡的玩家在国家画廊，以及与儿童山羊马车。如此紧密地没他早期的风格类似，伦勃朗，即在莱比锡和布达佩斯画廊和集合中最后命名的图片，以及其他画布主拉德诺，过去或现在仍有冲高伦勃朗。

在他最好的时期，1655年至1665年，梅斯投身于国内的流派规模较小，保留在很大程度上颜色，他从伦勃朗学到的魔法。只有在少数情况下，他才对待圣经的科目，如夏甲的离职，这被归因于伦勃朗。他最喜欢的科目是妇女纺纱，或阅读圣经，或准备一餐。他与lacemaking的主题特定的迷恋和对这个问题做出了十多版本。

虽然他继续住在多德雷赫特，直到1673年，当他在阿姆斯特丹定居，他访问甚至住安特卫普 1665年1667年他的安特卫普期间，在风格和主题完全改变相一致的。他献身几乎完全写照，而放弃了自己的早期作品中的亲密关系和发光的色彩和谐的粗心优雅这表明影响范戴克。如此之大的确是变化，它给人们带来另一种梅斯的，存在理论布鲁塞尔。他注册的瞳孔尤斯图斯·德盖尔德，玛格丽莎面包车Godewijk，雅各Moelaert和约翰内斯Vollevens。[1]梅斯死在阿姆斯特丹。

：梅斯深受五幅画在伦敦国家美术馆为代表的摇篮，荷兰家庭主妇，空闲的仆人，卡选手，和一个男人的肖像。在阿姆斯特丹，除了在国家博物馆中找到灿烂的例子，是好奇的仆人的的六集。在白金汉宫为聆听女孩（重复存在），并在阿普斯利大厦出售牛奶和监听器。其他著名的例子是在柏林，布鲁塞尔，圣彼得堡，海牙，法兰克福，汉诺威，渥太华和慕尼黑的画廊。

Maes was born in Dordrecht, Gerrit Maes, a prosperous businessman, and Ada the son of Herman Claesdr. Around 1648, he went to Amsterdam, where he entered Rembrandt's studio. His return to Dordrecht before 1653, Metz drew a few Rembrandtesque genre pictures, and a life size figure and color of the deep light scheme, such as a daydream at National Museum in Amsterdam, the card game player in the National Gallery, and son hills sheep carriage. Not so tightly his early style similar to Rembrandt, the last named in the Leipzig and Budapest galleries and collections in the picture, and other main canvas Radnor, past or present is still ascribed to Rembrandt.
In his best period, 1655 to 1665, he engaged in domestic schools of small scale, keep the colors to a great extent, he learned magic from Rembrandt. Only in a few cases did he treat biblical subjects, such as the resignation of Hagar, which was attributed to Rembrandt. His favorite subjects are women spinning, or reading the Bible, or preparing a meal. He's obsessed with the theme of lacemaking and made a more than and 10 version of the problem.
Although he continued to live in Dordrecht until 1673, when he settled in Amsterdam, during his visit to Antwerp in 1665 1667, his live even Antwerp, the style and theme change completely consistent. He devoted himself almost exclusively to portraiture, and abandoned his earlier works in the intimate relationship and the luminous color of the harmony of the careless elegance which indicates the influence of Van Dijk. It is so big change, it brings people a mace, existing theory of Brussels. He registered pupil Justus Degerd, van Godewijk, Jacob Moelaert and Vollevens. [1] mays died in Amsterdam.
By the five picture: Metz in the The National Gallery in London as the representative of the cradle, Holland housewife, idle servant, card player, and a portrait of a man. In Amsterdam, in addition to finding a brilliant example in National Museum, is the six episode of curious servants. In the Buckingham Palace to hear the girl (repetition), and the sale of milk and a monitor in the A puceli building. Other famous examples are galleries in Berlin, Brussels, St Petersburg, Hague, Frankfurt, Hannover, Ottawa and.