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“Rhetoricians at the Window” after the work by Jan Steen, the original of which is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, (1658-1665), date of painting.
The painting we present is a perfectly faithful interpretation of Jan Steen's work, executed around 1850 by the 19th-century Dutch school.
It was very common for many artists to draw inspiration from the greatest artists in the history of painting, in order to reveal their talent as painters.
Private collection.
In very good condition, original canvas.
Dimensions: Frame: h.91 cm x l.83.5 cm.
Canvas: h.67 cm x l.59,5 cm.
History :
Jan Havickszoon Steen (Leiden, 1626 - buried in Leiden, February 23, 1679) was a Dutch
painter of the Golden Age.
A representative of the Baroque movement, he was one of the most important Dutch genre painters of his time. He painted several hundred pictures, of uneven quality, but characterized above all by a knowledge of the human heart, humor and an exuberant use of color. He frequently depicted moral values in everyday scenes, using mostly symbolic imagery.