Jan Miense Molenaer
(1610–1668) painter from the Northern Netherlands (1610–1668)
Jan Miense Molenaer (1610–1668) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan Miense Molenaer belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan Miense Molenaer was born in Haarlem and died in Haarlem. Jan Miense Molenaer studied under Frans Hals. Jan Miense Molenaer worked in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Heemstede, and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Jan Miense Molenaer with Baroque. The students included Judith Leyster.
The best-known works include ‘Feiernde Bauern’, ‘The Five Senses: Touch’, and ‘Battle Between Carnival and Lent’. The works belong mainly to the genre genre painting. The catalogue has 138 works by Jan Miense Molenaer with free images. The dated works span the years 1627–1750. Works by Jan Miense Molenaer are held by several collections, among them Mauritshuis, Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst, and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Hongren, Stefano della Bella, Susanna van Steenwijck, and Philip Fruytiers.