# The Duet [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOLENAER, Jan Miense]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Molenaer has frequently been called Frans Hals's pupil, but the name of hi teacher has not been established. From the beginning he was equally at home depicting scenes illuminated by daylight or artificial light. However, unlike Judith Leyster, his later wife, he made no attempt to imitate Hals's vigorous, detached brushwork. To judge from their surviving works he began to make small pictures of full-length figures in interiors before Leyster did. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 15 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/bach/bach\_bwv\_1032.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in A Major for flute and cembalo obligato, BWV 1032</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## 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]()