Bartholomeus Molenaer

Peasants playing kolf

Bartholomeus Molenaer (1618 – 1650) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem. According to the RKD he was the brother of the painters Nicolaes and Jan Miense Molenaer.^[1] He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1640.^[1] He was a genre painter who painted many peasants in interiors, often with a shadow in the lower left of the painting.^[1]

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References

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 95711003 BPN: 33808685 ULAN: 500004942 KulturNav: id RKD: 56661

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