STEEN (Jan)
(About 1626-1679)
52. — A merry musical Party
The chief of the company is a jovial fellow, seated in an arm- chair, with a fiddle in his hand, which he has ceased playing - to join in a general song, to the chorus of which lie gives effect by raising his goblet of wine; on his left is an old lady wearing a black hood, and in the centre of the table is seated a female, with a chubby child in her arms; these also lend their voices to the song, and are accompanied by a youth playing the bag-pipes, and another, playing the flute; a boy and a girl also have pipes. In the foreground is a girl giving a child a drink out of the spout of a tankard, and near these a dog.
Signed : J. Steen. Canvas, 29 3/4 in. by 07 in.
From the Collection of Benjamin Ansley, Esq., Round Hay, Leeds.
STEEN (Jan)
(About 1626-1679)
53. — The Family of the Artist
In the centre of a vestibule with a tessclated iloor, near a table, on which a parrot is perched on a wooden stand, the wife of the artist is seated, looking at the spectator. On the farther side of the table the artist himself is seated, holding a letter in his left hand. In the foreground on the right, a little girl, seated on the ground, is playing with a kitten; behind her, a baby, guarded by the eldest sister, is seated in a chair. On the top of a flight of stairs to the right, a female-servant is seen bringing in refreshments.
Signed : J. Steen.
Panel, 24 1/4 in. by 18 1/2 in.
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