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 Two Men and a Young Woman making Music on a Terrace
Two Men and a Young Woman making Music on a Terrace

Jan Steen Interior of a Tavern with Card Players and a Violin Player
Interior of a Tavern with Card Players and a Violin Player
c. 1665

Jan Steen The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra
The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra
c. 1670

Jan Steen Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra
Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra
c. 1673-75