
Jan Steen
1626–1679 · Dutch Golden Age · 2 works
Jan Steen was born in Leiden and worked mainly there, with spells in Haarlem, Utrecht and The Hague. He is famous for witty, moralizing scenes of domestic life, often with literary or theatrical references, and as a lifelong Catholic he also painted religious and mythological subjects. In 1672 he was licensed to keep an inn at Leiden.

