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Jan Steen
The Feast of St. Nicholas
1665-68
Oil on canvas,
82 x 70 cm
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Jan Steen
The Picnic
Oil on canvas,
68 x 58 cm
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Jan Steen
The Quackdoctor
Oil on canvas
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Jan Steen
Samson and Delilah
1667-70
Oil on canvas,
134 x 199 cm
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Jan Steen
Self-Portrait as a Lutenist
1660-63
Oil on canvas
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Jan Steen
Nocturnal Serenade
c. 1675
Oil on canvas
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Jan Steen
In the Tavern
1660s
Oil on canvas, 63 x 69,5 cm
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Jan Steen
The Village School
c. 1670
Oil on canvas,
83,8 x 109,2
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Jan Steen
Rhetoricians at a Window
mk86
c.1662-1666
Oil on canvas
74x59cm
Philadelphia,Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Jan Steen
The Lovesick Woman
mk86
c.1660
Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemalde-sammlungen,Alte Pinakothek
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Jan Steen
The World Upside Down
mk86
c.1660
Oil on canvas
105x145cm
Vienna,Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Jan Steen
Backgammon Playersl
mk91
1667
Oil on panel
45.5x39
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Jan Steen
Prince-s Day,Interior of an inn with a company celebration the birth of Prince William III
mk101
Oil on panel
46x62.5cm
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Jan Steen
The Village Wedding
mk101
Oil on canvas
64x81cm
Musum Boijman Van Beuningen??Botterdam??
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Jan Steen
The Leiden Baker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard
mk101
1658
Oil on panel
37.7x31.5cm
Rijksmuseum,Amsterdam.
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Jan Steen
The Poultry yard,Probably a Portrait of Sernardina Margriet van Raesfelt Before Lokborst Caslt near Warmond
mk101
1660
Oil on canvas
107.4x81.4cm
Royal Cabinet of Paintings Maurishuis,The Hague.
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Jan Steen
The Merry family
mk101
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Oil on canvas
110.5x141cm
Rijksmuseum,Amsterdam
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Jan Steen
Merry company on a terrace
mk101
Oil on canva
141x131.4cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Jan Steen
A young woman playing a harpsichord to a young man
mk101
1659
Oil on pane
42.3x33cm
The National Gallery.London
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Jan Steen
The Doctor-s vistit
mk101
Oil on panel
49x42cm
Wellington Museum
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| Jan Steen
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Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1625-1679
Daily life was Jan Steen's main pictorial theme. Many of the genre scenes he portrayed are lively to the point of chaos and lustfulness, even so much that a Jan Steen household, meaning a messy scene, became a Dutch proverb (een huishouden van Jan Steen). Subtle hints in his paintings seem to suggest that Steen meant to warn the viewer rather than invite him to copy this behaviour. Many of Steen's paintings bear references to old Dutch proverbs or literature. He often used members of his family as models. Jan Steen painted also quite a few self-portraits, in which he showed no tendency of vanity.
Steen did not shy from other themes: he painted historical, mythological and religious scenes, portraits, still lifes and natural scenes. His portraits of children are famous. He is also well known for his mastery of light and attention to detail, most notably in textiles. Steen was prolific, producing about 800 paintings, of which roughly 350 survive.
Steen's work was valued much by contemporaries and as a result he was reasonably well paid for his work. He did not have any students, but his work proved a source of inspiration for many painters.
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