Jan Steen
Dutch, 1626–1679
Born in Leiden; died in Leiden.
Steen was born in Leiden, the son of a brewer, and worked there and in The Hague, Delft and Haarlem; for a time he also ran a brewery and later an inn. He was one of the most inventive Dutch genre painters, filling crowded, comic scenes of households, taverns and feasts with moral warnings drawn from proverbs and the theatre. A disorderly home is still called “a Jan Steen household” in Dutch. He also painted portraits and biblical subjects.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 3 worksDated 1655–1675
- Mostly
- Paintings
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- The Met
