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Jan Steen
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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Painting ID:: 76460
The way you hear it is the way you sing it
ca. 1665(1665)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 134 ?? 163 cm (52.8 ?? 64.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 76870
Country Wedding
between 1662(1662) and 1666(1666)
Oil on canvas
150 cm (59.1 in). Height: 105 cm (41.3 in).
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Painting ID:: 76984
A company celebrating the birthday of Prince William III, 14 November 1660
between 1660(1660) and 1679(1679)
Oil on panel
46 ?? 62.5 cm (18.1 ?? 24.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 77911
A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, oil on panel painting by Jan Steen, 1672
A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, oil on panel painting by Jan Steen, 1672
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Painting ID:: 80087
The Marriage bed of Tobias and Sarah.
c. 1660
Oil on canvas
81 x 123 cm (31.9 x 48.4 in)
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Jan Steen
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.
. Related Artists to Jan Steen: | Juan de Espinosa | BOUTS, Dieric the Elder | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | CRETI, Donato | Fetti,Domenico |
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