Jan Steen: Self-portrait
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Artist |
Jan Steen
(1625/1626–1679) |
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Alternative names |
Jan Havicksz. Steen |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
1625 or 1626 date QS:P,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1626-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
23 February 1679 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Leiden |
Work period |
1648-1679 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q205863 |
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Title |
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Object type |
painting |
Genre |
self-portrait |
Description |
Jan Steen portrayed himself as a self-assured artist, in decorous black, seated against a red curtain and tassel. With this type of self-portrait Steen followed the example of famous artists such as Titian and Rembrandt. The portrait is an exception in his oeuvre. He usually included himself in other paintings, in a comic role. |
Depicted people |
Jan Steen |
Date |
Circa 1670 date QS:P571,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 62 cm (24.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,73U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,62U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Gallery of Honour |
Accession number |
SK-A-383 |
Place of creation |
Haarlem or Leiden |
Object history |
by 1770 date QS:P,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Johan van der Marck (circa 1694date QS:P,+1694-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -1770), Leiden
25 August 1773: purchased by Pothoven at the sale of the collection of Johan van der Marck, Leiden, at an unknown auction house, Leiden, lot no. 458, for NLG 16.1
by 1821date QS:P,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Charles Howard Hodges (1764-1837), Amsterdam
1821: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from Charles Howard Hodges, Amsterdam for NLG 150
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Exhibition history |
Jan Steen, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, 20 December 1958–15 February 1959, Cat.no. 42.
Jan Steen. Painter and storyteller, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 28 April 1996–18 August 1996, cat. no. 40.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 24 September 2006–7 January 2007, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 27 January 2007–6 May 2007, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2007–16 September 2007, p. 25.
Jan Steen in het Mauritshuis, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, 3 March 2011–13 June 2011.
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Inscriptions |
Signature center right:
JSteen
- On the tree-trunk
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References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Self-portrait, circa 1670 date QS:P,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 6246, as Zelfportret, circa 1666date QS:P,+1666-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (1665-1667)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360610, as Selbstporträt, 1641/1679
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Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info |
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