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 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.

2023年2月12日 · His art was his outlet and he produced some of the most iconic Dutch Golden Age paintings in history, so let’s take a closer look at some of Jan Steen’s most famous paintings. 1. The Dancing Couple is a typical Dutch Golden Age genre painting by Jan Steen as it depicts a party in a local village.

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During the nine years he spent in Haarlem, Steen created many of his greatest paintings, including a number of large, complex scenes of families and merrymakers containing witty evocations of proverbs, emblems, or other moralizing messages.

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. He was a lifelong Catholic, and also produced religious and mythological paintings.

2023年10月14日 · Despite his brewing business interests, Jan Steen was still able to produce over eight hundred paintings across his career. Jan Steen loved to create scenes of everyday life and the artist would normally instill an atmosphere of chaos within them.

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: List of works - All Artworks by Date 1→10. List of works Featured works (7) All Artworks by Date 1→10 (147) ... Styles Baroque (131) Genres genre painting (113) landscape (4) mythological painting (1) portrait (3) religious painting (11) self-portrait (2) symbolic painting (1) Media canvas (59) oak (1) oil (99)

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