Bartholomeus Molenaer (d.1650)
Peasants merrymaking in a barn
signed 'Molenaer' (lower right)
oil on canvas
43½ x 51¾ in. (110.5 x 131.5 cm.)
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The artist became a member of the Guild at Haarlem in 1640 and is known to have been living in Haarlem with his brother, the better known painter, Jan Miense Molenaer by 1646.