# The Duet \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOLENAER, Jan Miense]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel ## Commentary The figures in this painting have been identified as Molenaer himself, and Judith Leyster, a fellow painter from Haarlem, whom he married in June 1636. The young man has been identified as Molenaer himself based on comparison to his self-portraits such at the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/molenaer/jan/family\_m.html'\)" href="/html/m/molenaer/jan/family\_m.html">Self-Portrait with Family Members.</a> With her heart-shaped face, wide forehead and small rounded nose, the young woman is strikingly similar to <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/leyster/selfport.html'\)" href="/html/l/leyster/selfport.html">Leyster's Self-Portrait</a> of circa 1632-33, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington ## Related artworks - [A Quack and His Assistant]() - [Allegory of Vanity \(detail\)]() - [Amorous Couple in an Inn]() - [Battle between Carnival and Lent]() - [Drinking Peasants]() - [Interior with a Violinist]() - [Interior with Children Drinking and Mischief-Making]() - [Painter in His Studio, Painting a Musical Company]() - [Peasant Wedding]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in an Inn Playing "La Main Chaude"]() - [Peasants in the Tavern]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()