Nicolaes Molenaer
Illustration — Winter landscape with skaters Nicolaes (Klaes) Molenaer (1626-1629 in Haarlem – 1676 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and draughtsman.
Also recorded as Klaes Molenaer · Claes Molenaer · Nicolaes Jansz Molenaer · Klaes Molineer
Nicolaes Molenaer
Nicolaes Molenaer · cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl · Public domain
- Full name
- Nicolaes (Claes) Molenaer.
- Died
- 1676. · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic.
- Occupation
- painter, draftsperson and artist.
- Fields
- landscape.
- Languages
- Dutch.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Winter landscape with skaters Nicolaes (Klaes) Molenaer (1626-1629 in Haarlem – 1676 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and draughtsman.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Nicolaes Molenaer. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1880278 · wikipedia · Nicolaes Molenaer
In this article
Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem. Work by Nicolaes Molenaer is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nationalmuseum, Städel Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum and Fries Museum.
• Illustration — Village festival, 1660/70, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem in the family of tailor Jan Mienssen Molenaer and his second wife Grietgen Adriaens: they would get 8 children of whom no birthdates are known, as the family was Roman Catholic and no baptismal register was kept. According to the RKD among his brothers there were the painters Bartholomeus and Jan Miense Molenaer. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1651 and paid dues yearly until 1676. He was a winter landscape painter influenced by Jacob van Ruisdael.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Klaes Molenaer, Claes Molenaer, Nicolaes Jansz Molenaer, Klaes Molineer and Klaes Molinaire. His recorded language was Dutch.
Nicolaes Molenaer, Art Museum Riga Bourse 035
Nicolaes Molenaer · Self-photographed, JoJan
Claes Molenaer, Dorffest, um 1660/70
Claes Molenaer · Ölgemälde
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1627
Nicolaes Molenaer was born in 1627 at Haarlem.
1676
Nicolaes Molenaer died in 1676 at Haarlem.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1880278: Nicolaes Molenaer
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Nicolaes Molenaer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Klaes Molenaer, "Landschaft mit altem Bauernhaus". 2001. 3-8258-2238-9.
- 2.Klaes Molenaer, "Winterlandschaft vor den Toren Haarlems". 2001. 3-8258-2238-9.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Nicolaes Molenaer is recorded at birth as Nicolaes (Claes) Molenaer. Recorded as painter, draftsperson and artist.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,623 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Nicolaes HalsArtist
- Nicolaes LachtropiusArtist
- Nicolaes LastmanArtist
- Nicolaes MaesArtist
- Nicolaes Pieterszoon BerchemArtist
- Nicolaes van GelderArtist
- Nicolaes van VerendaelArtist
- Nicolaes WillinghArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Nicolaes Molenaer?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.