An elegantly dressed young woman plays a harpsichord for a man leaning on the instrument. Music is often related to love in Dutch paintings, but in contrast to other genre scenes of this kind the ...

This sparkling little picture is unusual among Jan Steen’s paintings. We are outside an inn – The White Swan, to judge by its sign – rather than in its dark interior, Steen’s more typical setting. The ...

The collection from the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, widely acknowledged to be the highlight of the Royal art collection will be brought together in a gallery exhibition for the first time.

This is not only an examination of a fine painting but a lesson in how to look at and “read” a complex work of art. Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson is part of the Getty Museum Studies on Art, a series ...

Jan Steen, one of the Dutch Republic’s most prolific comic painters, crafted his scenes upon the contemporary notion that comedy mirrors everyday life. Baltimore Museum of Art, Musical Instruments and ...

They often convey a moral message connected with Dutch proverbs, and his own paintings gave rise to disorderly domestic arrangements being described as a ‘Jan Steen household’. Steen’s… ...

A contrast between the stout medical practitioner and the frail patient. Possibly a composition by Steen, greatly enlarged and coarsened by a later painter for popular amusement ...

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 42.5 x 36.5 cm ...

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.

Painter Jan Steen is best known for his humorous scenes of daily life. He loved to show people eating, drinking, dancing, or playing music. The man strumming a lute may be Steen himself. The other ...

They often convey a moral message connected with Dutch proverbs, and his own paintings gave rise to disorderly domestic arrangements being described as a ‘Jan Steen household’. Steen’s delightful ...