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JAN STEEN (LEIDEN 1626-LEIDEN 1679)
Interior of a Tavern, with Cardplayers and a Violin Player
c.1665Oil on canvas | 81.9 x 70.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405825
Jan Steen excels in animation and expression – the riotous drinker (a self-portrait), the sentimental fiddler, the drunken dancer, the befuddled cardplayer and the smug matron. He also shines in the tactile realism with which he depicts the props in this low-life comedy – the tables, cloths, pewter jug and foot warmer.
Acquired by George IV in 1818, when Prince Regent
Acquired by George IV in 1818, when Prince Regent
