Born in Leiden around 1626 as the son of a brewer, Jan Havickszoon Steen trained as a painter with various Dutch and German masters. He worked as an assistant to the landscape painter Jan van Goyen, with whose daughter Margriet he was married until her death in 1669. He was dean of the Sint Lucas Guild in Leiden and, in addition to his career as a painter, also ran a tavern. There are many legends and tales about him, he was considered to be a funny journeyman, his best customer as an innkeeper, and a chaotic head of the family.
Steen's subjects were of a varied nature, the depictions in his detailed paintings range from Old Testament episodes to satirical social criticism and comic scenes of bourgeois life. His lively interpretation of turbulent gatherings of many characters even found its way into the Dutch language as a proverb: "een huishouden van Jan Steen" is characteristic of domestic disorder. Steen often gave the superficial impression of joy and cheerfulness, but on closer inspection, the gentle scolding for wrong behaviour is striking. Steen had a special preference for the pictorial representation of music and instruments, as in his self-portrait as a lute player. In "The upside-down world" from 1663, Steen humorously deals with old Dutch proverbs, which he has the characters play as in a play. Jan Steen died in 1679 and was buried in the family grave in Leiden.
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.jpg "Tobias and Sarah with the Archangel Raphael exorcising the demon Asmodeus (restored version) by Jan Havickszoon Steen")
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.jpg "The Christening Feast, 1668 by Jan Havickszoon Steen")
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.jpg "The Childrens Meal, ca 1665 by Jan Havickszoon Steen")
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