Cornelis Molenaer (born c. 1540 - 1589)

• Was a Flemish Renaissance painter.
• Molenaer was born and died in Antwerp.
• According to Karel van Mander he was called Schele Neel, or "cross-eyed Neel".
• He hired himself out for a day's wages and could paint a complete landscape in one day in the "watercolor way", without a maulstick.
• For a grassy field he charged 7 stuivers.
• According to van Mander, Molenaer enjoyed drinking.
• Works in progress at home were seldom finished, which is perhaps why he became a wage-earner, so that patrons could keep an eye on his work.
• The painter Jan Nagel was his follower
• His son Jan de Meuleneer was a genre painter and his grandson Pieter Meulener was a prominent battle and landscape painter.
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