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Grace Before a Meal
Painting ID:: 3734
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Grace Before a Meal
1660
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Painting ID:: 3735
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Easy Come, Easy Go
1661
Museum Boymansvan Beuningen, Rotterdam
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The Doctor's Visit
Painting ID:: 3737
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The Doctor's Visit
1663-65
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Rhetoricians at a Window
Painting ID:: 3738
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Rhetoricians at a Window
1662-66
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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The Schoolmaster
Painting ID:: 3739
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The Schoolmaster
1663-65
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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National_Gallery_of_Ireland,_Dublin
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Jan Steen
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Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1625-1679
Daily life was Jan Steen's main pictorial theme. Many of the genre scenes he portrayed 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). Subtle hints in his paintings seem to suggest that Steen meant to warn the viewer rather than invite him to copy this behaviour. Many of Steen's paintings bear references to old Dutch proverbs or literature. He often used members of his family as models. Jan Steen painted also quite a few self-portraits, in which he showed no tendency of vanity.
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 textiles. Steen was prolific, producing about 800 paintings, of which roughly 350 survive.
Steen's work was valued much by contemporaries and as a result he was reasonably well paid for his work. He did not have any students, but his work proved a source of inspiration for many painters. |
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