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Steen, Jan - Biography & Artworks | Artheon Museum

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Steen, Jan

1620–1685

Nationality: Dutch Republic

Born: 1620, Leiden

Died: 1685, Leiden

Gender: male

Movements

Dutch Golden Age painting

Occupations

painter

architectural draftsperson

visual artist

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Biography

Prolific and versatile painter of history, genre, and portrait painting. Known for his comic touch which was analogous to contemporary comic literature and performance. Comment on works: Genre; History; Mythology; Landscapes; Portraits

Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons

Notable Works

Girl eating oysters
Wine is a Mocker
The Feast of Saint Nicholas

Artworks

23 artworks

Merry Company on a Terrace

Merry Company on a Terrace

ca. 1670

The Lovesick Maiden

The Lovesick Maiden

ca. 1660

The Dissolute Household

The Dissolute Household

ca. 1663–64

Family scene

The quack

Man with a fiddle in bad company

Man with a fiddle in bad company

The Feast of St Nicholas

The Feast of St Nicholas

Peasant wedding

Erysichthon verkoopt zijn dochter Mestra

Erysichthon selling his daughter

The adoration of the shepherds

The adoration of the shepherds

Children teaching a cat to dance, known as 'The dancing lesson'

Children Teaching a Cat to Dance

The merry homecoming

The merry homecoming

A couple drinking

Supper at Emmaus

Supper at Emmaus

The Sick Woman

Prince’s Day

The quack

The bowlers

Het dronken paar

The Drunken Couple

Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing backgammon, known as 'Two kinds of games'

Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing backgammon

Woman scouring metalware

Het vrolijke huisgezin

The Merry Family

Schets van een man

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