Das Konzert 1668

"Das Konzert" (The Concert) is a painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Miense Molenaer, completed in 1668, the year of his death. The painting depicts a group of four individuals engaged in a musical performance. A woman in a green and brown dress sits playing a lute, while a man to her right strums a cello. A woman in blue plays a violin behind the cello player and an older man claps his hands in appreciation. This genre painting, with its intimate depiction of a domestic musical gathering, was characteristic of Molenaer's work, known for its detailed portrayal of everyday life in 17th-century Netherlands.