Jan Steen, the quintessential seventeenth-century Dutch painter, set himself apart from other painters with an astonishing range of brushwork skills and diversity of themes and genres. This lavishly illustrated book shows Steen`s consummate skill as painter and storyteller, reassesses the artist in the context of his times, and presents the most comprehensive biographical profile of Steen yet published.
Jan Steen, the quintessential seventeenth-century Dutch painter, set himself apart from other painters with an astonishing range of brushwork skills and diversity of themes and genres. This lavishly illustrated book shows Steen`s consummate skill as painter and storyteller, reassesses the artist in the context of his times, and presents the most comprehensive biographical profile of Steen yet published.