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Jan Havickszoon Steen ( c. 1626 – buried 3 February 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour. [1] Life. Jan Steen Peasants before an Inn. Winter scene, 1650. Woman at her Toilet, 1663.
Jan Steen was a Dutch painter of genre, or everyday, scenes, often lively interiors bearing a moralizing theme. Steen is unique among leading 17th-century Dutch painters for his humour; he has often been compared to the French comic playwright Molière, his contemporary, and indeed both men treated.
Jan Steen, a 17th century Dutch painter, set himself apart from his contemporaries through his richly varied body of work, which included works of portraiture, historical and biblical themes, genre painting and landscape.
Jan Steen’s paintings touch the viewer directly. The infectious humour and recognizable characters are enormously appealing. He painted with visible ease and his pictures exude a sense of energy.
Jan Havicksz Steen (c. 1625-1679) was a born storyteller with an obvious sense of humour. His narrative urge is reflected in the huge variety of themes represented in his oeuvre. Not...
Jan Steen is one of the most popular and multitalented artists of 17th-century Dutch painting. His paintings hang in some of the world’s great museums. We all know his fun pictures of homes in chaos, fake doctors, sick girls and inns full of drunken adults and children running wild.
Jan Steen was born at Leiden, where he mainly worked, with periods in Haarlem, Utrecht and The Hague. He is famous for his witty moralising scenes of domestic life, which are well represented in the National Gallery's large group of paintings by the artist.
One of the most adaptable painters of the 17th-century Dutch Republic, Jan Steen is best known for producing a type of genre scene that married comic or amusing scenes of coarse behavior with the middle-class domestic environment.
Jan Steen: 9 works — Google Arts & Culture. A slideshow of artworks auto-selected from multiple collections. By Google Arts & Culture. The Merry Family (1668) by Steen, Jan Havicksz....
Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and...
