New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Jan Miense Molenaer

59 works

Featured

Filters

Shape

Century

Interior painting of a seated bearded man, two women at a table, a standing young man in a wide hat, and skulls on the floor.

Departure of the Prodigal Son

1630

Candlelit tavern scene of men playing cards at a table, with a standing woman holding a pewter jug beside them.

Card Players by Lamplight

1634

Painting of a dentist extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a crowd watches in a street, with a dog and baskets near

The Dentist

1630

Painting of a merry company of musicians and revelers in a tiled-floor interior, with lute, violin, and flute players.

Merry Company

1631

Three laughing children drink from a jug and tankard at a wooden table in a dim interior, one holding a clay pipe.

Three Children drinking and Making Mischief

1629

Grayscale painting of three children playing music, one bowing a violin, one holding a jug, one holding a stick and bow.

Three Children playing Music

1630

Crowd in a village street gathers around a man on a barrel holding up song sheets, with a dog and rooster nearby.

Folk singers selling their songs

1630

Dim interior scene of a seated woman and a man in a fur cap raising a glass at a table with a wicker flask.

The good drink

1625

Painting of a crowded 1634 schoolroom with children on benches, a bearded schoolmaster at his desk, and an alphabet board on

School classroom with portrait of a family

1634

Villagers feasting and smoking at an outdoor tavern table beside a brick house, with a dog and a church spire behind.

Die Schenke »Zum Halbmond«

1650

Man playing a lute beside a woman playing a cittern in a room with a map, a dog, and a laid table.

The Duet: a Self Portrait of the Artist with His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait

1640

Painting of a boy in a fur hat and lace collar holding a clay pipe and a glass, glancing upward.

Boy smoking a pipe: Taste

1637

Painting of revelers in a tavern interior: a violinist, a dancing youth, a woman with a cat on a barrel, and a dog.

Merry company playing music and dancing in an interior

1630

Interior scene of a young woman having her hair combed, with a boy, a skull, lutes and a small dog nearby.

Allegory of Vanity

1633

Full-length 1630 painting of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, lace collar and green stockings gesturing to the right.

Portrait of an unknown man

1630

Painter seated at an easel in a studio beside a table with skulls, a violin, and a shell, with a double bass nearby.

Painter in his studio

1650

Dim tavern interior with figures playing cards around a round table, a woman holding cards, and a dog by the fire.

Het valse kaartspelen

1640

Painting of a smiling young violinist in a red hat and dark cloak with a lace collar, playing a violin.

Young violinist

1632

Painting of three women in a checkered-floor room, one playing a virginal, with a lute and a framed portrait on the wall.

Three Women at a Virginal

1634

Painting of a boisterous schoolroom with a teacher at a podium and rowdy pupils, dated 1636, by Jan Miense Molenaer.

A schoolroom interior, with a teacher at a podium, and pupils merrymaking

1636

Painting of a laughing boy in a wide hat playing a tambourine against a brown background.

Hearing

1629

Painting of a smiling young man in a red hat with a feather and lace-collared red jacket, eyes lowered, hands clasped.

Touch

1629

Painting of a couple seated by a fireplace in a warm interior with plates on the mantel and a fruit-laden table.

A Couple in an Interior

1652

Painting of a family praying before a meal at a table in a dim interior, with a woman in a white headcloth.

Het gebed voor de maaltijd

1640

Group portrait of a family in a room with a checkered floor, playing lute, cello and violin, with children at right.

Self-Portrait with Family Members

1635

Dim interior scene with a seated woman in red, an elderly woman gesturing, onlookers, and a child holding a paper at right.

The Jealous Wife

1650