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Jan Miense Molenaer

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Woman playing a virginal in a tiled room, with two children, a monkey on the instrument, and a man in an open doorway.

The virginal player

c. 1637

Dim interior with children gathered at a table around a seated teacher, adults in the background and a dog in the foreground.

School

Oval painting of peasants brawling with kitchen tools, a man in a feathered hat knocked down, and a building with ivy.

Battle Between Carnival and Lent

1633

Oil painting of a rural farmyard with villagers at work beside a thatched barn and a house, with children watching.

The Pig Slaughtering

Villagers gather around a tall pole where a man aims a crossbow, with windmills and cottages under a cloudy sky.

Shoot for a Prize

1645

Family bowing heads in prayer around a candlelit table with bread and food in a dim interior.

Saying Grace

Painting of an artist's studio with figures, an easel, a lute, a dog, and a canvas showing a lively scene.

The Artist's Studio

1631

Painting of villagers dancing and playing music in a rustic tavern interior beside a fireplace, with a barrel and jug in the

Festive Scene

1650

Painting of a young man with curly hair smoking a clay pipe and holding an empty glass beside a pewter jug.

Man Smoking and Holding an Empty Wine Glass

1632

Painting of hawkers and villagers gathered on a road near a fair, with a tree at left and a church tower in the distance.

Itinerant Hawkers at a Fair

1640

Painting of a woman in a bonnet raising a shoe over a man in a yellow jacket, with a sleeping man at a bench, 1637.

The Five Senses: Touch

1637

Candlelit scene of a bearded man and a woman pouring from a ceramic jug at a table with a tankard and bowl.

The Five Senses: Sight

1637

Painting of a laughing man in a red cap raising a stoneware jug in a dim tavern with two companions.

The Five Senses: Hearing

1637

Genre interior: a woman lifts her skirt beside a man holding his nose at a table with a pipe and brazier.

The Five Senses: Smell

1637

Painting of a tavern scene: a man in red drinks from a jug, a woman in a fur cloak watches, and a man eats at a table.

The Five Senses: Taste

1637

Et umage par

Et umage par

1625-1668

The Bean King is Drinking

The Bean King is Drinking

1625-1668

Man in a grey hat seated on a stool playing a lute beside a table with a teal cloth, pewter jug and dishes.

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

c. 1637/1638

Painting of a crowded peasant wedding in a dim tavern, with a violinist, dancing couple, jugs and a dog.

Bauernhochzeit

Dim tavern scene with card players around a round table, a woman holding cards, a dog by the fire, and men drinking.

Cheating at Cards

1650

Painting of a lively crowd of men, children and a black dog outside a building with a hanging sign under a cloudy sky.

Children teasing dwarves

1646

Painting of merry tavern musicians with a lute and violin, wine glasses and food on a table, in a dim interior.

Vrolijk gezelschap

1650

Painting of a merry tavern group, a man raising a glass on a barrel, others smoking and drinking around a table.

Vrolijk gezelschap

1624

Genre scene of a flute player and a laughing seated man beside a hearth in a dim tavern interior.

De schalmeispeler

1624

Back view of a woman with a white collar painting at an easel in a dark interior, in a gilded frame.

Femme au chevalet

1699

Painting of a smiling couple embracing in an open landscape with cottages, trees and a cloudy sky behind them.

A happy couple in a landscape

Painting of a laughing man in a felt hat holding a pipe, in warm brown tones within a gilded frame.

Lachende mansfiguur

1600

Peasants gather in a smoky tavern as a fiddler plays, a woman reads a book, and a child stands beside a dog.

Fête rustique

1650

Painting of villagers gathered outside a thatched inn, a man on a barrel reading news while a boy rolls a hoop.

Figures Proclaiming the News on Barrels Outside an Inn

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

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

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

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 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 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

Etching of a tavern scene with a violinist, seated drinkers, a woman, children, and a dog beneath a table.

Muzikanten en drinker in een herberg

1619