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Jan Steen - A Youth Reading

A Youth Reading

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
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Jan Steen

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.

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

Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter’ (1655)

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The Dissolute Household

The Dissolute Household (ca. 1663–64)

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The Drunken Couple

The Drunken Couple (c. 1655 - c. 1665)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
A Suitor With A Young Woman

A Suitor With A Young Woman

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
The Feast of St Nicholas

The Feast of St Nicholas (1665 - 1668)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson)

Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson) (1667)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
The Village Wedding

The Village Wedding (1653)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Tavern Scene

Tavern Scene

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Samson Offended by the Philistines

Samson Offended by the Philistines

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
The Sick Woman

The Sick Woman (c. 1663 - c. 1666)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
A fortune teller and peasants before an inn with a river landscape beyond

A fortune teller and peasants before an inn with a river landscape beyond

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
Winter scene

Winter scene

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
The Drawing Lesson

The Drawing Lesson (1665)

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
An Elegant Company In An Interior With Figures Playing Cards At A Table

An Elegant Company In An Interior With Figures Playing Cards At A Table

Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679)
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