Artvee
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Illustration
    • Still Life
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Asian Art
  • Artists
  • Explore
    • Topics
    • Culture
    • Movements
  • Highlights
  • Collections
    • Collections
    • User Collections
  • Book Illustrations
Login
Artvee
Menu
Jan Steen
Jan Steen

Jan Steen

Dutch, 1626-1679

Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century (also known as the Dutch Golden Age). His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour.
Steen was born in Leiden, a town in Southern Holland, where his well-to-do, Catholic family were brewers who ran the tavern The Red Halbert for two generations.

Like his even more famous contemporary Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen attended the Latin school and became a student in Leiden. He received his painterly education from Nicolaes Knupfer (1603–1660), a German painter of historical and figurative scenes in Utrecht. Influences of Knupfer can be found in Steen's use of composition and colour. Other sources of inspiration were Adriaen van Ostade and Isaac van Ostade, painters of rural scenes, who lived in Haarlem.

Daily life was Jan Steen's main pictorial theme. Many of the genre scenes he portrayed, as in The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 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).
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 Persian rugs and other textiles.

Steen was prolific, producing about 800 paintings, of which roughly 350 survive. His work was valued much by contemporaries and as a result he was reasonably well paid for his work.

Filter

89 items

Show 25 50 70
Favourite Collect

A Suitor With A Young Woman

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

Winter scene

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Landscape
Favourite Collect

Farmer Eating Eggs

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

A Pig Belongs in the Sty (c. 1673 - 1675)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

A Goldsmith Melting Down a Woman’s Jewellery in the Presence of a Notary, ‘The Alchemist’ (ca. 1668 – 1670)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

Inn with Guest and Serving Maid (ca. 1665)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

David Returning Victorious after Defeating Goliath and the Philistines (1670 - 1671)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Religion
Favourite Collect

Christ among the Doctors (1659-60)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Religion
Favourite Collect

Moses Striking the Rock (ca. 1648 – 1653)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Religion
Favourite Collect

Village Wedding

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

Rhetoricians at a Window

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

Beware of Luxury (“In Weelde Siet Toe”)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
Favourite Collect

A School for Boys and Girls

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Figurative
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Farm near Duivendrecht (c. 1916)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872 - 1944)
Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Favourite
Collect

Standard, JPG, Size:

Download

Max Size, JPG, Size:

Download
License: All files can be freely used for personal and commercial projects with no attribution required.
Why is this image in the public domain?
  • About Us
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Donate
  • Contact us
Artvee.com 2020 All Rights Reserved
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By browsing this website, you agree to our use of cookies.
More info Accept
  • Sign in
  • New account

Connect with:
Facebook Google Twitter

Forgot your password?

Connect with:
Facebook Google Twitter

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login

Add to Collection

  • Public collection title

  • Private collection title

No Collections yet

  • Sign in
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Illustration
    • Still Life
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Asian Art
  • Artists
  • Explore
    • Topics
    • Culture
    • Movements
  • Highlights
  • Collections
    • Collections
    • User Collections
  • Book Illustrations