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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

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Notable Works

Merry Company on a Terrace

Artworks

23 artworks

Highlighted Work(1)

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Merry Company on a Terrace

ca. 1670

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The Dissolute Household

ca. 1663–64

The Lovesick Maiden

ca. 1660

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Steen, Jan

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

Highlighted Work(1)

Merry Company on a Terrace

All Artworks

The Dissolute Household

The Lovesick Maiden

Interior with a Woman Feeding a Parrot, Known as ‘The Parrot Cage’

Baker’s Couple Arent Oostwaard and Catharina Keizerswaard

Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter’

Woman at her Toilet

Peasant wedding

Man with a fiddle in bad company

The merry homecoming

Het vrolijke huisgezin

The Feast of St Nicholas

Supper at Emmaus

The sick woman

Prince’s Day

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

Family scene

The adoration of the shepherds

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

A couple drinking

De kegelaars

Het dronken paar

De kwakzalver

Woman scouring metalware