MOLENAER, Jan Miense Dutch painter (b. ca. 1610, Haarlem, d. 1668, Haarlem).
Dutch painter and draughtsman. The surprisingly large oeuvre of this remarkably versatile genre painter displays an inventive symbolism, wit and humour, which identify him as the true forerunner of Jan Steen. Allegory of Vanity (detail) sg 1633
Oil on canvas, 102 x 127 cm (full painting)
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
