Jan miense molenaer biography of william hill
Jan van Hemessen. about 1530.
During the s, Molenaer depicted a wide range of subjects, from merry company scenes to tavern groups, biblical scenes, theatrical subjects, and portraits. His style of painting was quite varied, ranging from precise and refined to loose and free.The Art Newspaper published an On November 6, , Molenaer and Leyster, both in poor health, drew up their wills. Although Molenaer recovered, Leyster died three months later at the age of Molenaer soon moved back to Haarlem, and spent the last five years of his life in a rented house on the Burgwal, where he died in He was buried in the Grote Kerk four days later.
He also was an Jan Miense MOLENAER Haarlem –Haarlem Molenaer was active from He married Judith Leyster, a noted painter, in He spent his time in Haarlem and Amsterdam and his earlier works, like those of his wife, are strongly influenced by Frans Hals. The later pictures are more like the genre scenes of Adriaen van Ostade.
The Mellon Collections comprise Born in Haarlem in the Netherlands, Molenaer was a Dutch genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen’s ( – ) work during Dutch Golden Age painting. He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster ( – ), also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life.