Jan Steen's histories
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Jan Steen's histories
Waanders Publishers, c2018
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Exhibition catalogue
Published to accompany the exhibtion, held at Mauritshuis, The Hague, Feb. 15-May 13, 2018
Other contributors: Mariët Westermann, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Rosalie van Gulick and Lea van der Vinde
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jan Steen, one of the most popular painters of the Dutch Golden Age, is known for his humorous depictions of dissolute households, tavern interiors, quacksalvers and love-sick young women. He was unrivalled in poking fun at every conceivable human weakness and vice. A lesser known fact is that he also painted history scenes: pieces based on episodes from the Bible, apocryphal writings and mythology - stories full of excitement, drama and passion. As with his genre pieces, Steen devoted a great deal of attention in his history paintings to the interaction between the figures, and was keenly aware of the satirical possibilities in every story. In contrast with his later image, Jan Steen was a versatile and ambitious artist with a profound knowledge of art history and literature: knowledge that comes to the fore in his history pieces. This richly illustrated publication, written by experts on Jan Steen, focuses on a little-known part of the artist's oeuvre.
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction, followed by three essays on Jan Steen's history pieces, and a selected catalogue of the most important paintings featuring biblical and mythological subjects.
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