Jan Steen
As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young
c. 1663-6591.9 x 83.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: .STEEN.
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Provenance
Prince William V, The Hague, before 1775-1795
confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822
exhibited in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, since 2010
Other works by Jan Steen
The Roman Consul Manius Curius Refusing the Gifts of the Samnites
The Preaching of St John the Baptist
c. 1653
c. 1653
Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1653
c. 1653
Peasants Dancing at an Inn
c. 1646-48
c. 1646-48
The Fortune Teller
c. 1650-54
c. 1650-54