Artwork
Family scene
Family scene is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen. It dates from 1669 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Overview
Family scene is a 1669 oil painting by Jan Steen, held at the Rijksmuseum.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a lively gathering around a table, with a woman in blue holding a baby and a man dipping bread into a bowl, surrounded by others eating, drinking, or laughing.
Technique & Style
Steen's work is characterized by its busy, detailed composition, with elements like broken eggshells and messy hair adding to the scene's sense of activity.
Context
The painting represents a typical Dutch domestic scene of its time, reflecting the everyday life and humor found in many Dutch homes.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century.
Paintings of physicians by Jan Steen
The Dissolute Household
Merry Company on a Terrace
Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman
Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing backgammon, known as 'Two kinds of games'
The Drunken Couple
The Happy Family
Bathsheba after the Bath
