Background
Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem.
Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem.
According to the RKD he was the brother of the painters Nicolaes and January Miense Molenaer. He was a genre painter who painted many peasants in interiors, often with a shadow in the lower left of the painting.
Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke]
He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1640.