Jan steen the drawing lesson

Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson is part of the Getty Museum Studies on Art, a series designed to introduce individual works of note or small groups of related.

In this allegory of the status of the artist and the nature of his profession, a male artist instructs two pupils: a young boy and a fashionably dressed.

Full Artwork Details ; Title: The Drawing Lesson ; Artist/Maker: Jan Steen (Dutch, - ) ; Date: about ; Medium: Oil on panel.

Drawing Lesson, completed by Jan Steen in about She walks you through details of the studio depicted, the young students, and all the.

In this fascinating exploration of Jan Steen's The Drawing Lesson, John Walsh offers an explanation of the individual parts and larger patterns of the work.

Full Artwork Details ; Title: The Drawing Lesson ; Artist/Maker: Jan Steen (Dutch, - ) ; Date: about ; Medium: Oil on panel..

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“Clear, solid, palpable”—this is the world of the Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, a world in which the surfaces and scenes of everyday life are rendered with impeccable care, illuminated by clear, soft light.

Through the countless reproductions of the works of such painters as de Hooch and Vermeer, these scenes have become intimately familiar: servants at their kitchen chores; well-dressed women reading or playing music; risqué and often riotous scenes in bedrooms or inns—these are among the most captivating examples of the art of the Netherlands in its Golden Age.

But while the interior Steen paints is familiar, the subject—a celebration of the art of the painter—is unusual and only subtly conveyed.

In this fascinating exploration of The Drawing Lesson, John Walsh offers an explanation of the individual parts and larger patterns of the work, showing how each prop and pose contribute to the greater theme.

He also recounts Steen’s career