Het Gebed Voor De Maaltijd 1668

"Het Gebed Voor De Maaltijd" (The Prayer Before the Meal) is a genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Miense Molenaer, created in 1668, the year of his death. The painting depicts a family gathered around a table, heads bowed in prayer before a meal. The intimate and domestic scene, captured with a nuanced palette, is a hallmark of 17th-century Dutch genre painting. Currently housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, "Het Gebed Voor De Maaltijd" offers a glimpse into the daily rituals of ordinary Dutch people in the Golden Age.