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Facts

Also Known As Jan Havickszoon Steen
Born c.1626 • Leiden • Netherlands
Died February 3, 1679 • Leiden • Netherlands

Photos

“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Steen, Jan: The Dancing Couple
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Ostade, Isack van: The Halt at the Inn
Isack van Ostade
Dutch painter
Wouwerman, Philips: landscape with hawkers
Philips Wouwerman
Dutch painter
Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
George Caleb Bingham: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
American painter
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David Teniers, the Younger
Flemish painter
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Kim Hong-do
Korean painter
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George Morland
British painter
Brouwer, Adriaen: Youth Making a Face
Adriaen Brouwer
Flemish painter
The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Alessandro Magnasco
Italian painter
Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher
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David Teniers, the Elder
Flemish painter
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Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
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Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist
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Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter

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