Jan Steen

The Wedding Feast at Cana



Jan Steen - The Wedding Feast at Cana



Jan Steen
The Wedding Feast at Cana
1670-72
63.5 x 82.5 cm
Oil on panel
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 48 info ,49 info
Braun 329


Exhibitions

2018 Jan Steen's Histories, Nr. 14
1996 Jan Steen, Painter and Storyteller, Nr. 43

Provenance

Probably Adriaen van Hoek Jansz sale, Amsterdam, 7 April 1706, nr. 17 (555 guilders)
Bicker and Wijkersloot sale, Amsterdam, 19 July 1809, nr. 51 (1,150 guilders to auctioneer I. Spaan)
Alexis Delahante sale, London, 2 June 1814, nr. 37 (120 pounds to Woodburn)
sale London (Phillips), 20 April 1815, nr. 198 (136 pounds to Alexander Baring)
Amedee Constantin sale, Paris, 1829 (4,006 French francs to art dealer C.J. Nieuwenhuys, London)
his sale, London, 10 May 1833, nr. 117 (194 pounds to Norton)
Lord Northwick sale, London, 24 May 1838, nr. 100 (294 pounds to Clowes)
Casimir Perier sale (Paris), London, 5 May 1848, nr. 14 (199 pounds to Woodin)
John Walter, Bearwood
Alfred Beit (1853-1906), London, c.1895-1900
his brother Otto Beit (1865-1930), 1906
his son Sir Alfred Beit (1903-1994), Russborough (County Wicklow), Blessington, Ireland, 1930
presented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection)
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Other works by Jan Steen


Jan Steen Couple in a Bedroom
Couple in a Bedroom
1668-70

Jan Steen A School for Boys and Girls
A School for Boys and Girls
c. 1670

Jan Steen The Fat Kitchen
The Fat Kitchen
c. 1650

Jan Steen As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
1663-65

Jan Steen Acta Virum Probant
Acta Virum Probant
1659