TY - BOOK ID - 2598896 TI - Jan Steen painter and storyteller (exhibition, National Gallery of art, Washington, 28 April-18 August 1996 ; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 21 September 1996-12 January 1997) AU - Chapman, H. Perry AU - KLOEK, Wouter Th. AU - WHEELOCK, Arthur K. Jr. AU - Jansen, Guido PY - 1996 SN - 0300067933 0894682237 9780300067934 9780894682230 PB - New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Steen, Jan, KW - Exhibitions. KW - Expositions KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Exhibitions KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Steen, Jan Havickszoon KW - Painting KW - Oil painting KW - Painting, Primitive KW - Paintings KW - Graphic arts KW - Steen, Jan Havickszoon, KW - E-books KW - Steen, Jan, - 1626-1679 - Exhibitions KW - Steen, Jan, - 1626-1679 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2598896 AB - Jan Steen (1626-1679) is one of the most admired and quintessential seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His repertoire included genre, portraits, refined images of upper-class life, and complex, witty comic narratives. He also painted religious and mythological scenes that vary from quiet and intimate to grand and melodramatic. In his brushwork he displayed an astonishing range, from extremely fine to remarkably loose, even within a single painting. Written by H. Perry Chapman, Wouter Th. Kloek, and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., with contributions by other noted art historians, this book draws on the most recent scholarship and archival research to reassess Steen within the context of seventeenth-century Netherlandish artistic, literary, and cultural movements. A translation of Arnold Houbraken's biography of Steen, written in the eighteenth century, is included, as well as a biographical essay that uses numerous contemporary sources to present the most comprehensive profile on Steen yet published. Other essays discuss Steen's relationship to the theater and to other Dutch painters of the time, his critical reception, and his varied self-portrayals. Fifty of Steen's paintings, chosen to demonstrate his consummate skill as both painter and storyteller, are catalogued in detail. This lavishly illustrated book is the catalogue for an exhibition of the works of Jan Steen, coorganized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. ER -