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Jan Steen
Card players quarrelling
mk101
1664
Oil on canvas
67.7x80.3cm
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Jan Steen
Merry Company in an inn.
mk101
1652
Oil on panel
42.5x55.5cm
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Jan Steen
Merry Company in an inn
mk101
Oil on canvas
62x75cm
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Jan Steen
Peasant wedding
mk101
1672
Oil on panel
38.5x50cm
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Jan Steen
The Quack
mk101
Oil on canvas
76x109cm
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Jan Steen
The Wedding at Cana
mk101
1676
Oil on canvas
79.7x109.2cm
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Jan Steen
The Toilet
mk101
Before restoration.
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Jan Steen
The Toilet
mk101
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Jan Steen
As the old sing,so twitter the young
mk101
1869
Oil on panel
49x67cm
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Jan Steen
Children teaching a cat to dance
mk101
Oil on panel
68.5x59cm
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Jan Steen
A Delf burgher and his daughter
mk101
1655
Oil on canvas
82.5x68.6cm
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Jan Steen
Skittle players outside an inn
mk101
Oil on panel
33.5x27cm
The National Gallery,London.
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Jan Steen
The Feast of St Nicholas
mk101
82x70.5cm
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Jan Steen
Topsy-turvy world
mk150
1663
Canvas
105x145cm
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Jan Steen
As the Old Sing,So twitter the Young
mk156
1663-65
Oil on canvas
94.5x81cm
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Jan Steen
Beware of Luxury
mk156
1663
Oil on canvas
105x145cm
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Jan Steen
The Loafers
mk159
c.1660
Oil on panel
39x30cm
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Jan Steen
An Interior with a Man Offering an Oyster to a Woman
mk170
1660-1665
Oil on oak
38.1x31.5cm
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Jan Steen
An Interior with a Man Offering an Oyster to a Woman
mk170
1660-1665
Oil on oak
38.1x31.5cm
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Jan Steen
Skittle Players Outside an Inn
mk170
1660-1663
Oil on oak
33.5x27cm
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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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