Figures & data
Figure 1. Jan Miense Molenaer, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, c. 1636/1637, oil on panel, 38.7 × 32.4 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, inv. no. 2015.20.1.
![Figure 1. Jan Miense Molenaer, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, c. 1636/1637, oil on panel, 38.7 × 32.4 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, inv. no. 2015.20.1.](/cms/asset/2dd13d44-e82b-42c3-bc49-487c48cd2388/oaah_a_1644705_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 2. David Vinckboons, Garden Party, c. 1610, oil on panel, 28.4 × 43.6 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-2109 (artwork in the public domain).
![Figure 2. David Vinckboons, Garden Party, c. 1610, oil on panel, 28.4 × 43.6 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-2109 (artwork in the public domain).](/cms/asset/1ec3c62e-6279-4e9b-8808-b52afbbce404/oaah_a_1644705_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. Gillis van Scheyndel, after Esaias van de Velde, Music Makers in a Landscape, 1622, etching, 21.1 × 24.7 cm, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. S.5419 (artwork in the public domain).
![Figure 3. Gillis van Scheyndel, after Esaias van de Velde, Music Makers in a Landscape, 1622, etching, 21.1 × 24.7 cm, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. S.5419 (artwork in the public domain).](/cms/asset/8cfa8e70-3419-49fa-9c9f-8e43586c358d/oaah_a_1644705_f0003_oc.jpg)
Figure 4. Jan Miense Molenaer, The Duet, c. 1630-31, oil on canvas, 64.1 × 50.5 cm, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Samuel H. Kress Collection, photo: Paul Macapia, inv. no. 61.162.
![Figure 4. Jan Miense Molenaer, The Duet, c. 1630-31, oil on canvas, 64.1 × 50.5 cm, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Samuel H. Kress Collection, photo: Paul Macapia, inv. no. 61.162.](/cms/asset/48226d5f-e298-4864-b28b-a24964e8e2b3/oaah_a_1644705_f0004_oc.jpg)
Figure 5. Jan Miense Molenaer, A Young Man Playing a Theorbo and a Young Woman Playing the Cittern, c. 1630-1632, oil on canvas, 64 × 84 cm, National Gallery, London, acquisition credit: bought (Clarke Fund), 1889, inv. no. NG 1293.
![Figure 5. Jan Miense Molenaer, A Young Man Playing a Theorbo and a Young Woman Playing the Cittern, c. 1630-1632, oil on canvas, 64 × 84 cm, National Gallery, London, acquisition credit: bought (Clarke Fund), 1889, inv. no. NG 1293.](/cms/asset/d6d56525-f36c-438f-a240-247c4bef59cc/oaah_a_1644705_f0005_oc.jpg)
Figure 6. Jan Miense Molenaer, Allegory of Marital Fidelity, 1633, oil on canvas, 99 × 140.9 cm, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, Adolf D. and Wilkins C. Williams Collection, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, photo Katherine Wetzel, inv. no. 49.11.19.
![Figure 6. Jan Miense Molenaer, Allegory of Marital Fidelity, 1633, oil on canvas, 99 × 140.9 cm, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, Adolf D. and Wilkins C. Williams Collection, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, photo Katherine Wetzel, inv. no. 49.11.19.](/cms/asset/2511fcbf-5e8b-448d-b7b5-b5ec8815a0f9/oaah_a_1644705_f0006_b.gif)
Figure 7. Jan Miense Molenaer, Self-Portrait with Family Members, c. 1634-1636, oil on panel, 62.3 × 81.3 cm, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, on long term loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, inv. no. 75-332.
![Figure 7. Jan Miense Molenaer, Self-Portrait with Family Members, c. 1634-1636, oil on panel, 62.3 × 81.3 cm, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, on long term loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, inv. no. 75-332.](/cms/asset/0ef48b7d-0e48-4fab-9a90-52ba9f2aa542/oaah_a_1644705_f0007_oc.jpg)
Figure 8. Pieter de Jode I after a drawing by Adam van Noort, Musical Company, engraving, c. 1594-95, 16 × 19.6 cm, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. 1856, 0308.160 (artwork in the public domain).
![Figure 8. Pieter de Jode I after a drawing by Adam van Noort, Musical Company, engraving, c. 1594-95, 16 × 19.6 cm, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. 1856, 0308.160 (artwork in the public domain).](/cms/asset/38ae23dd-5739-4600-acb9-213839aed8bb/oaah_a_1644705_f0008_oc.jpg)
Figure 9. Jan Saendredam after Hendrick Goltzius, Spring, c. 1594-95, engraving, 20.5 × 14.5 cm, from a series of four plates, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. D,3.240 (artwork in the public domain).
![Figure 9. Jan Saendredam after Hendrick Goltzius, Spring, c. 1594-95, engraving, 20.5 × 14.5 cm, from a series of four plates, British Museum, London, ©The Trustees of the British Museum, inv. no. D,3.240 (artwork in the public domain).](/cms/asset/ecb02cdf-7fd3-4ec8-9852-17496a8514a6/oaah_a_1644705_f0009_oc.jpg)
Figure 10. Attributed to Gillis van Breen, after Pieter de Jode I, Musical Company with Time, c. 1600, etching and engraving, 15.6 × 19.5 cm, National Gallery of Denmark, Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Copenhagen, SMK photo, inv. no. KKSgb3118.
![Figure 10. Attributed to Gillis van Breen, after Pieter de Jode I, Musical Company with Time, c. 1600, etching and engraving, 15.6 × 19.5 cm, National Gallery of Denmark, Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Copenhagen, SMK photo, inv. no. KKSgb3118.](/cms/asset/cf510c50-bc25-48a7-a18b-d9a675aa08d6/oaah_a_1644705_f0010_oc.jpg)