Artwork
The Unruly Guest
The Unruly Guest is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen. It dates from 1665 and is held in the collection of the Städel Museum.
About this work
Overview
The Unruly Guest is a 1665 genre painting on oak panel by Jan Steen, held at the Städel Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The scene depicts a disheveled interior with a drunk man, wearing a red hat and black jacket, seated on a chair, while a woman in a white shirt and long skirt attempts to persuade him to do something.
Technique & Style
The composition includes various objects, such as a jug and pipe, contributing to the sense of a cluttered room, characteristic of Steen's genre scenes.
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
