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Jan Steen

104 works

Jan Steen (1626-1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of busy, humorous scenes of everyday life; in Dutch a messy household is still called a Jan Steen household. Read more

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Interior scene of musicians playing lute, cello and flute, with a dog and cat in the foreground on a tiled floor.

The Family Concert

1666

Oil portrait of a man with long brown hair in a black coat and white collar, before red drapery and a landscape.

Self-portrait

c. 1670

Oil painting of a seated man, a young woman, an elderly woman and a child on a stoop beside a brick street and church tower.

Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter’

1655

Merry company feasting and making music on a leafy terrace, with a child and spaniel, a songbird cage and a boy on a ladder.

Merry Company on a Terrace

ca. 1670

Oil painting of a seated woman having her foot dried by an attendant beside a fountain, with an elderly woman watching.

Bathsheba After the Bath

about 1670-1675

Jan Steen genre scene of a disorderly household with a reclining woman, servant pouring wine, smoking man, and cat.

The Dissolute Household

ca. 1663-64

Interior genre scene: a woman sits with her hand to her head as a man in a tall hat watches, a sleeping dog nearby.

The Lovesick Maiden

ca. 1660

Old man weighing gold coins at a table as a skeleton looms at the barred window behind him.

The miser

1641-1679

Crowded town fish market with fishermen, baskets of fish, brick stepped-gable houses and a church tower under a warm sky.

The Fish Market at Leyden

1646

Interior of an artist's studio where an older man teaches a young woman to draw, with a child and plaster casts nearby.

The Drawing Lesson

about 1665

Young woman in red jacket opening an oyster at a table with bread, wine and a blue and white jug in an interior.

Girl Eating Oysters

1658

Painting of a family celebrating St. Nicholas Day in a tiled interior, with children, an elderly woman, and a bread basket.

The feast of St. Nicholas

1663

Jan Steen interior scene of a messy household with a woman in yellow, a man with wine, children, a dog and a pig.

Beware of Luxury (“In Weelde Siet Toe”)

1663

Painting of peasants dancing outside a thatched inn under trees, with a fiddler on a barrel and a distant church spire.

Peasants Dancing at an Inn

1647

Painting of a crowded village fair with tents, a wooden stage, cottages, a church steeple and villagers in 17th-century dress

Village Fair

1648

Peasants dance and drink outdoors under a tree beside a tavern, with a fiddler, a pig, a barrel and onlookers.

‘A Pig Belongs in the Sty’

1674

Jan Steen's 1665 interior scene of a lively family gathering with a parrot, a dog, a table of food, and musicians.

'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'

1665

Oil painting of a seated woman in a black headscarf and brown dress playing a cittern against a dark background.

Woman Playing the Cittern

1662

Painting of a seated bearded king under a canopy, with a kneeling woman and child, a fallen crown and courtiers around them.

Moses and Pharaoh's Crown

1670

Painting of Moses striking a rock as water flows to a crowd of people, a white horse, and a dog under autumn trees.

Moses Striking the Rock

1660

Jan Steen's 1650 tavern scene of dancing wedding guests, a violinist, seated diners and a sleeping dog.

Wedding Party

1650

Painting of a laughing man seated in a tavern reaching toward a woman in a blue dress, with a jug and pipe nearby.

Inn with Guest and Serving Maid ("The Importunate Guest")

1665

Interior with a man at a hearth gesturing toward a vessel, a distressed woman, a child, and onlookers in the background.

A Goldsmith Melting Down a Woman’s Jewellery in the Presence of a Notary: “The Alchemist”

1668

Painting of a schoolmaster teaching children at a table, framed by an arched window with ivy and a sheet of paper below.

Teaching

1650

Dark tavern scene with men drinking and playing cards, a seated woman with a bowl, and a standing woman holding a jug.

A Country Inn

1660

Jan Steen's 1670 tavern scene of a couple dancing amid crowded diners, a dog, a child, and a hanging birdcage.

Merrymaking in a Tavern with a Couple dancing

1670

Painting of a schoolmaster in a yellow gown instructing children in a vaulted schoolroom with a leaded window.

The Village School

1665

Interior genre scene: a reclining woman in red gown, a man writing at a patterned table, and a standing man with a glass.

The Doctor's Visit

1626

Painting of a chaotic village festival with brawling and dancing villagers outside a thatched tavern beside a canal.

A Village Revel

1673

Painting of a crowded tavern with a violin player, card players at a table, laughing figures, and a small white dog on the fl

Interior of a Tavern, with Cardplayers and a Violin Player

1665

Woman in a pink jacket pulling on a stocking beside a canopied bed, seen through an arched doorway with a lute in front.

Woman at her Toilet

1663

Jan Steen's 1661 genre interior of a boisterous Twelfth Night feast with guests, a child, and a dog on tiled floor.

A Twelfth Night Feast: 'The King drinks'

1661

Jan Steen (1626-1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of busy, humorous scenes of everyday life; in Dutch a messy household is still called a Jan Steen household. Browse 104 works by Jan Steen from 31 museums, free to download in HD.