A Merry Party [Ask Us A Question] Title: A Merry Party 1660 Artist: Jan Steen (1626-1679) Oil on canvas, 59 x 58 1/4 inches (150 x 148 cm), Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary Description: Jan Steen was one of the most popular of the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century. His gay and animated genre-scenes were highly appreciated, both by his contemporaries and by collectors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He was a pupil of Nicolaus Kn¨¹pfer in Utrecht and of his father-in-law, Jan van Goyen, and lived and worked for varying periods of time in nearly every large town in Holland. His range of subjects was extremely wide; he painted both villages and towns, peasants and well-to-do citizens; his vividly coloured, broadly constructed compositions depict taverns, sick-rooms, fairs, workshops and weddings, mythological and historical scenes in the spirit of the Dutch oratorical groups of his time, as well as character figures and a few portraits. Steen often depicted his family and himself, as indeed he has done in this picture, where he, his wife and his children are seen carousing. The work gets its alternative title of "The Cat Family" from the basket of new-born kittens held by the girl at the back of the circle. This picture splendidly summarizes the art of Steen - and Dutch genre as a whole. The centre of the family circle is the cat family in the basket on the table. Everybody is happy, gay and completely relaxed. The artist indicates our senses as the main source of pleasure: hearing makes us enjoy music; the sense of touch enables us to enjoy stroking the cats; the sense of taste and smell are satisfied by drinking; and our sight conveys the delight of reading an amusing story. The latter joy is represented by the figure of the artist himself, for the reader is a self portrait. The pleasing figure of a woman seen with her back to the onlooker could be the pleasure-giving muse of genre painting-if genre painting ever had such a muse. And if there were no such muse, then she must be considered to be Steen's most captivating figure of a woman, whose face, however, was apparently not worthy of the painter's brush. More Information, Please email us Genuine 100% Hand Painted Oil Paintings On Canvas. Museum Quality, Brilliant Oil Painting Creation! This painting is availble in any other size. We just list standard size below. Our Guarantee: Highest Quality & Lowest Price! Note: We do not stretch or frame .... that is best done at your local discount frame store. It will be delivered in a roll tube to protect the quality. Price -Was: $131.5878.95 USD Shipping Cost: $29.99 for 1st item, $14.99 for 2nd item. So the more you order, the more you save on Shipping & Handling cost! Ships within 2-3 weeks A Merry Party - Size (20"x24") - 78.95USD A Merry Party - Size (24"x36") - 129.95USD A Merry Party - Size (30"x40") - 159.95USD A Merry Party - Size (36"x48") - 199.95USD A Merry Party - Size (48"x72") - 256.95USD A Merry Party - Size (Original Size - 59 x 58 1/4 inches (150 x 148 cm)) - 246.95USD The More You Order, The Less You Pay!

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