Artwork
Interior with figures
Interior with figures is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen. It dates from 1668 and is held in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
About this work
Overview
Interior with figures is an oil painting by Jan Steen, dated to 1668, and is part of the collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a domestic scene with multiple figures, some seated and others standing, dressed in period attire, amidst various household objects.
Technique & Style
The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and atmosphere, with a window in the background providing a source of light that contrasts with the darker areas of the room.
Context
The work is characteristic of Jan Steen's genre paintings, which often captured scenes of everyday life in 17th-century Dutch society.
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
