Jan Steen

Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra



Jan Steen - Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra



Jan Steen
Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra
c. 1673-75
82 x 107.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed in dark paint along lower left corner: JSteen (JS in ligature)
The Leiden Collection, New York


Literature

Ariane van Suchtelen, Jan Steen's histories, Zwolle; The Hague, 2018, p. 38, fig. 10


Exhibitions

2023 Rembrandt and His Contemporaries. History paintings from The Leiden Collection, Nr. 34
2017 Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection: The Age of Rembrandt, Nr. 3

Provenance

Jacobus Viet, Amsterdam
his sale, Amsterdam, 12 October 1774, nr. 200 to Witsen
Jonas Witsen, Amsterdam
his sale, Amsterdam, 16 August 1790, nr. 60 to Ijver
Leonard Pieter de Reus (1783–1860), The Hague
Baron Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main, c. 1844
with D. Katz, Dieren, 1936–37
with Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1938
with Rosenberg & Stiebel Gallery, New York
with S. Nijstad, The Hague
Mahmoud Rabbani, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 April 1990, nr. 116, not sold
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 10 January 1991, nr. 24
with Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht, 1992
AEX–Amsterdam Exchanges NV, 1999–2006
with Haboldt & Co., Paris, 2007
from whom acquired by the present owner

External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number JS-107

Other works by Jan Steen


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

Jan Steen Idlers
Idlers
c. 1660

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

Jan Steen The Continence of Scipio
The Continence of Scipio
c. 1670-73

Jan Steen Peasant merry-making outside an Inn, and a Seated Woman taking the Hand of an Old Man
Peasant merry-making outside an Inn, and a Seated Woman taking the Hand of an Old Man