Jan Steen

The Wedding Party



Jan Steen - The Wedding Party



Jan Steen
The Wedding Party
Mid 1660-s
45.5 x 37.3 cm
Oil on wood
Signed lower right: J Steen (J and S in ligature)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne


Literature

Collection catalogues
Wilhelm von Bode, Die Gemäldesammlung Marcus Kappel in Berlin, Berlin, 1914, nr. 32


Provenance

sale Anton Meynts, Amsterdam, 15 July 1823, nr. 118 to Nieuwenhuys
van Cranenburgh
Lord Charles Townshend, London
William Wells of Redleaf
sale C.J. Nieuwenhuys, London, 17 July 1886, nr. 98, to sedelmeyer
with Sedelmeyer, Paris
Maurice Kann, Paris, in 1911
Agnew's, London, in 1946
R.P. Silcock
with Agnew's by 1974, sold to Fairfax
James Fairfax, presented to The Art Foundation of Victoria, 1992
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Other works by Jan Steen


Jan Steen The Effects of Intemperance
The Effects of Intemperance

Jan Steen A Game of Backgammon
A Game of Backgammon
1667

Jan Steen Interior with a Woman Feeding a Parrot
Interior with a Woman Feeding a Parrot
c. 1660-70

Jan Steen The Doctor's Visit
The Doctor's Visit
c. 1660

Jan Steen A Pedlar selling Spectacles outside a Cottage
A Pedlar selling Spectacles outside a Cottage