MOLENAER, Jan Miense Dutch painter (b. ca. 1610, Haarlem, d. 1668, Haarlem).
Dutch painter and draughtsman. The surprisingly large oeuvre of this remarkably versatile genre painter displays an inventive symbolism, wit and humour, which identify him as the true forerunner of Jan Steen. Painter in His Studio, Painting a Musical Company ag 1631
Oil on canvas, 86 x 127 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
