MOLENAER, Jan Miense
(b. ca. 1610, Haarlem, d. 1668, Haarlem)

Drinking Peasants

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Oil on panel, 62 x 79 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts peasants in an inn drinking, eating and playing music, with a couple playing slap feet. It is signed lower left: JM (in ligature) olenaer.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 26 minutes):
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 212 (Bauernkantate)