Feast St. Nicholas

The painting depicts a scene from everyday life in the interior of an old kitchen or inn, where different characters experience different emotions. In the foreground, a woman in a laundry cap is seen greeting a small child holding a puppet. Toys and food are scattered around them. Adults and children around the table are engaged in eating, drinking and merrymaking, with a distinct rendering of characters and moods, from cheerfulness to contentment to disinterest. Dust from the window light permeates the room and enhances the sense of domesticity.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Havickszoon Jan Steen (1626-1679). Dutch genre painter of the 17th century. His paintings are renowned for his insight into the psychology of the characters, his sense of humour, and his pregnant expression of the essence of the message. He painted distinctively, using bright colours. In particular, he created genre pictures from the lives of simple people, but did not avoid religious, mythological motifs, portraits, landscapes, etc.