Jan Steen

Woman Playing a Cittern



Jan Steen - Woman Playing a Cittern



Jan Steen
Woman Playing a Cittern
c. 1662
31 x 27.5 cm
Oil on panel
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HDG 441a
Braun 132

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 294-296

Literature
Wouter Kloek, Jan Steen (1626-1679), Zwolle; Amsterdam, 2005, fig. 54
Edwin Buijsen, The Young Vermeer, The Hague; Zwolle, 2010, fig. 22
Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Vermeer and the Art of Love, London, 2022, fig. 67
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 234-235


Provenance

G. Smith, London, 1880
P.J. Heseltine, London
Frits Lugt, Maartensdijk, 1919
E.G. Verkade, Delft (on loan to the Mauritshuis since 1919)
Mauritshuis, The Hague, purchased 1928
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External links

RKD 25413
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 779

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