Jan Steen
Jan Steen belongs among the Dutch genre painters of the seventeenth century, whose oil on canvas scenes of domestic disorder, courtship and festive company remain his signature subjects. In Steen's hands, the household and the merry terrace become stages for witty moral commentary, rendered with a light, narrative touch. The present group concentrates on that oil technique, with three canvases dated by the Met between 1660 and 1670. Among the subjects are The Dissolute Household, The Lovesick Maiden and Merry Company on a Terrace.
3 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
