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Jan Steen
The Sick woman
mk41
Oil on canvas
76x63.5cm
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Jan Steen
Twelfth Night
mk101
Oil on anel
46x65cm
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Jan Steen
Twelfth Night
mk101
1662
Oil on canvas
131.1x164.5cm
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Jan Steen
Moses trampling on Pharaob-s crown
mk101
Drawing
245x272cm
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Jan Steen
Landscape with skittle playes
mk101
Oil on panel
68x87cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Jan Steen
The During Lesson
mk101
Oil on panel
49.3x41cm
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Jan Steen
Twelfth Night
mk41
1668
Oil on canvas
82x107.5cm
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Jan Steen
Detail of Twelfth Night
mk101
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Jan Steen
Detail of Twelfth Night
mk101
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Jan Steen
Dancing couple on a terrace
mk101
Oil on panel
55.8x77.4cm
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Jan Steen
The Dancing couple
mk101
1663
Oil on canvas
102.5x142.5cm
National Gallery of Art
Washington
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Jan Steen
Village Wildding
mk41
Oil on canvas
110x82cm
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Jan Steen
Woman Playing the cittern
mk101
Oil on panel
31x27.5cm
Royal Cabinet if Paintings.
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Jan Steen
Girl offering oysters
mk101
Oil on panel.
20.5x4.5cm
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Jan Steen
Easy come,easy go
mk101
Oil on canvas
79x104cm
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Jan Steen
A Shool for boys and girls
mk101
Oil on canvas
87.1x108.6cm
The National Gallery of Scotland,Edinburgh.
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Jan Steen
The Sacrifice
mk101
Oil on canvas
135x173cm
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Jan Steen
The Fat Kitchen
mk101
71x91.5cm
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Jan Steen
The Tric-trac players
mk101
Oil on panel
40x35cm
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Jan Steen
The Adoration of the Shepberds
mk101
Oil on canvas
53x64cm
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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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