Jan Jacobsz. Molenaer,
Dutch 1654-c.1684/90-
Interior... Lot 86
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Jan Jacobsz. Molenaer,
Dutch 1654-c.1684/90-
Interior scenes with figures drinking, embracing, and making music in a tavern;
oils on panel, the first signed 'Jan Molenaer' (lower right), the second faintly signed 'Jan Molenaer' (lower right), each bears old hand-written label inscribed 'Jan Molenaer' verso, the second bears wax collector's stamp verso, each 32 x 23.9 cm., a pair (2).
Provenance:
Property from a European Private Collection.
Note:
The present work is typical of Molenaer's tavern scenes, depicting figures seated around a table in a dark interior, in which the glint of glasses and jugs are just visible. Each of these scenes appears to depict a man attempting to embrace a reluctant female figure, watched by curious, and perhaps somewhat shocked, onlookers, one of whom seems to play a flute towards the background. The artist produced a number of similar compositions, such as one which sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, on 2 November 2002 (lot 8, €5,000). Molenaer's works reveal the influence of an earlier generation of Dutch painters, such as Adriaen Brouwer (1605/6-1638) and David Teniers (1610-1690).
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