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. The Denying of Peter (detail) ag 1636
Oil on canvas, 99,5 x 135 cm (full painting)
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
