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Jan Miense Molenaer

1610 - 1668

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Jan Miense Molenaer (1610 – buried 19 September 1668) was a Dutch Golden Age 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. Both Molenaer and Leyster may have been pupils of Frans Hals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Miense Molenaer is the 1,082nd most popular painter (down from 1,051st in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 435th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Miense Molenaer ranks 1,082 out of 2,023. Before him are Simone Peterzano, Maria de Dominici, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Jean Hey, Luis Egidio Meléndez, and Frans Post. After him are Per Kirkeby, Angelina Beloff, Tom Wesselmann, Varvara Stepanova, Jan Mandijn, and Jean-Louis Forain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Jan Miense Molenaer ranks 17. Before him are Maria Cunitz, Oboi, Jan Asselijn, Li Yu, Abraham Duquesne, and Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. After him are Albert Eckhout, Louise Moillon, Huang Zongxi, Georg Marcgrave, Karel Škréta, and William Dobson. Among people deceased in 1668, Jan Miense Molenaer ranks 4. Before him are Philips Wouwerman, Titus van Rijn, and Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After him are Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Nicolas Mignard, William Davenant, Jan Boeckhorst, Jakob Balde, and Vassili Poyarkov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Miense Molenaer ranks 459 out of 1,646. Before him are Caspar van Wittel (1653), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), Arend Lijphart (1936), Pieter Post (1608), Frans Brüggen (1934), and Frans Post (1612). After him are Philippa of Guelders (1464), Sjaak Swart (1938), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Jan Mandijn (1500), Salomon de Bray (1597), and Co Adriaanse (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Jan Miense Molenaer ranks 103. Before him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), and Frans Post (1612). After him are Jan Mandijn (1500), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Barent Fabritius (1624), Arnold Houbraken (1660), and Albert Eckhout (1610).

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