JAN STEEN (1626 – 1679)

Descripción

ENGLISH EDITION. JAN STEEN IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST ENTERTAINING PAINTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY. HE LOVED EVERYDAY LIFE,THE FUN OF THE TAVERN,WEDDINGS AND PARTIES;HE LOVED THE CELEBRATIONS ON St NICHOLAS´S DAY AND TWELFITH NIGHT.AND HE PAINTED THEM ALL WITH A COMIC TWIST.BUT THE ELUSIVE JAN STEEN WAS NOT JUST A JOKESMITH ,HE WAS A MAN WHO KNEW ABOUT ART AND DRAMA,WHO WAS WELL VERSED IN CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND THE BIBLE.