Jan Steen: Prince’s Day
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Artist |
Jan Steen
(1625/1626–1679) |
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Alternative names |
Jan Havicksz. Steen |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
1625 or 1626 date QS:P,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1626-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
23 February 1679 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Leiden |
Work period |
1648-1679 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q205863 |
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Title |
Prince’s Day label QS:Lfr,"Le Jour du prince"
label QS:Len,"Prince's Day"
label QS:Lnl,"Prinsjesdag" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Description |
Price's day. Interior of an inn with a company celebrating the birth of William III of Orange on 14 November 1650. People are drinking, eating and laughing at table. To the left a man is reading from a piece of paper. On the wall above a bedstede hangs a portrait of the prince. Above the table hangs a copper chandelier with a orange twig and a bell. |
Date |
Between 1660 and 1679 date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1679-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 46 cm (18.1 in); width: 62.5 cm (24.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,46U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,62.5U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Gallery of Honour |
Accession number |
SK-A-384 |
Place of creation |
Haarlem or Leiden (?) |
Object history |
by 1870 date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Leendert Dupper Wzn. (1799-1870), Dordrecht
1870: bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam by Leendert Dupper Wzn., Dordrecht
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Exhibition history |
Jan Steen, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, 20 December 1958–15 February 1959, Cat.no. 15.
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Inscriptions |
Signature bottom center:
JSteen
On a piece of paper
bottom center:
Op de gesonheyt van het nasauss basie in de eene hant het rapier in de andere hant het glasie
[To the health of the Nassau laddy in one hand the rapier [sword] in the other hand the glass]
top center:
Salus patriae suprema lex esto
[The good of the country must be the supreme law]
top center:
Wij screuwe als leuwe
[We roar like lions] |
References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Prince's Day, 1660-1679.
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 6380, as A company celebrating the birthday of Prince William III, on 14th November 1660, circa 1666-1668
AnonymousUnknown author, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016891, as Ländliche Feier anläßlich der Geburt von Prinz Wilhelm 3. am 14.11.1660
Domenicus-van Soest, Marleen (2003) Les Chefs-d'oeuvre. Guide [mus.cat.], [Amsterdam]: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 32, as Le Jour du prince.
Duinkerken, A. van, and P.J. G. Huincks, Dichters om Oranje. Oranje-poëzie van Willem de Zwijger tot heden, Baarn, p. 28.
Kellen, D van de (?) (1871) 'De prinsjesdag van Jan Steen', De oude tijd, vol. III, p. 209. |
Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info |
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