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Klaes Molenaer, also known by the first names Nicolaes or Claes, was active as a painter in Haarlem from 1644 to 1676. The brother of painters Jan Miense and Bartholomeus Molenaer, he is known in particular for his winter landscapes.
His admission to the Guild of Saint Luke in 1651 marks a point of reference in his career in Haarlem. Several works recorded in French museums testify to the variety of subjects preserved under his name: the Musée Fabre in Montpellier holds a Winter Landscape dated 1660–1670, while the Musée Malraux in Le Havre lists Skaters. The Laundry is held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, a Woodland Edge in Winter at the Musée national Magnin in Dijon, and a Landscape at the Musée des beaux-arts in Bordeaux. These paintings are executed in oil on wood.
The Musée Baron-Martin in Gray also holds a version of The Inn by the Water, also called The Swan Inn, dated around 1650; it is painted in oil on wood. Molenaer dies in Haarlem in 1676 and is buried on 31 December of that year in the Church of Saint Bavo.
This profile brings together identity references for Nicolaes Molenaer and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on panel
Route de village au bord d'un fleuve animée
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2025-06-05 — 2025-06-18
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on oak panel
Dörfliche Landschaft.
Öl auf Eichenholz
Catalogue period : 2024-11-08
Published result : 1900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on oak panel
Reisende vor einem Wirtshaus.
Öl auf Eichenholz
Catalogue period : 2023-11-10
Published result : 2500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Oil on panel
Scène d'hiver,
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2023-05-25 — 2023-06-07
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on oak panel
Landschaft mit Türmen des Heemstede-Schlosses und Rastenden.
Öl auf Eichenholz
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Oil on oak panel
Die Rasenbleiche.
Öl auf Eichenholz
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Oil on wood
Kirche an einem Fluss mit Personen
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-03-20
Published result : 3646 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on wood
Haus an einem Fluss
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2018-11-02
Published result : 10939 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 7000–12000
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Oil on wood
Winterlandschaft
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2017-06-21
Published result : 3891 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–4000
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Feiernde Bauern vor einer Schenke.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 8500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 14000
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Flusspartie mit Wäscherinnen und Dorf.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 9000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 12000
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Scène d'hiver,
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2023-03-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on hardboard
Suiveur de KLAES MOLENAER — "Winterlandschaft".
Öl auf Htf
Nachfolger des
Date to be documented
Follower of
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2500
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Attribué à KLAES MOLENAER — Vor der Schenke.
Öl auf Htf.
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 22000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 14000
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