1670_Jan_Havicksz._Steen_-_zelfportret.jpg
Summary
Jan Steen
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Self-portrait
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| Title |
Self-portrait
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| Object type |
painting
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| Genre |
self-portrait
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| Description |
Jan Steen portrayed himself as a self-assured artist, in decorous black, seated against a red curtain and tassel. With this type of self-portrait Steen followed the example of famous artists such as Titian and Rembrandt. The portrait is an exception in his oeuvre. He usually included himself in other paintings, in a comic role.
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| Depicted people |
Jan Steen
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| Date | Circa 1670 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 62 cm (24.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Gallery of Honour
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| Accession number |
SK-A-383
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| Place of creation | Haarlem or Leiden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
by 1770
: Johan van der Marck (circa 1694
-1770),
Leiden
25 August 1773: purchased by Pothoven at the sale of the collection of Johan van der Marck,
Leiden
, at an unknown auction house, Leiden, lot no. 458, for NLG 16.1
1821: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam, from Charles Howard Hodges, Amsterdam for NLG 150 |
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| Exhibition history |
Jan Steen
, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis,
The Hague
, 20 December 1958–15 February 1959, Cat.no. 42.
Jan Steen. Painter and storyteller
, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.
, 28 April 1996–18 August 1996, cat.
no.
40.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
, Dayton Art Institute,
Dayton
,
Ohio
, 24 September 2006–7 January 2007, Phoenix Art Museum,
Phoenix
, Arizona, 27 January 2007–6 May 2007, Portland Art Museum,
Portland
, Oregon, 26 May 2007–16 September 2007, p. 25.
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| Inscriptions |
Signature center right:
JSteen
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| References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue
, as
Self-portrait
, circa 1670
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RKDimages, Art-work number 6246 , as Zelfportret , circa 1666 (1665-1667) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360610 , as Selbstporträt , 1641/1679 |
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| Source/Photographer | Unknown source | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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