Jan Steen

1626–1679 · Baroque

Jan Havickszoon Steen 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. Their satire also mocks the behavior and attitudes of the Dutch bourgeoisie.

40 paintings

• The Family Concert (1666)
• Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman (c. 1668)
• Bathsheba after the Bath (1670)
• The Drawing Lesson (1665)
• Beware of Luxury (“In Weelde Siet Toe”) (1663)
• Moses and Pharaoh’s Crown (1670)
• The Tooth-Puller (1651)
• Portrait of Bernardina Margriet van Raesfelt, also known as 'The Chicken Yard' (1660)
• The Sick Girl (1663)
• The Life of Man (1665)
• Village Fair (1648)
• ‘A Pig Belongs in the Sty’ (1674)
• 'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young' (1665)
• Dancing Peasants before an Inn (1647)
• The Fortune Teller (1653)
• The Dissolute Household (ca. 1663–64)
• The Lovesick Maiden (ca. 1660)
• Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten (1660)
• Peasants merry-making outside an Inn (1647)
• Skittle Players Outside an Inn (1663)
• The Dancing Couple (1663)
• Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson) (1667)
• Moses Striking the Rock (1661)
• Rhetoricians at a Window (1664)
• Self-portrait (1670)
• Prince’s Day (1669)
• The Quack (1650)
• Peasant wedding (1672)
• The merry homecoming (1670)
• Woman scouring metalware (1650)
• Man with a fiddle in bad company (1685)
• Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’ (1669)
• The supper at Emmaus (1666)
• The adoration of the shepherds (1659)
• Woman at her Toilet (1657)
• The Happy Family (1668)
• Family scene (1669)
• The Drunken Couple (1660)
• The Feast of Saint Nicholas (1665)
• Den gerrige (1641-1679)