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'''Jan Havickszoon Steen''' ('''born''' around 1626 in Leiden, '''died''' and buried on 3 February 1679 in Leiden) was a [[Dutch]] [[painter]].[[File:Jan Steen 010.jpg|thumb|[[Self-portrait]] showing Steen as a [[lute]] player]]He is famous for painting scenes of everyday life, called genre paintings. Jan Steen lived during a time in history called the [[Dutch Golden Age]], when many artists in the [[Netherlands]] became well known.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen</ref>

== Notable works ==
[[File:Jan Steen school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, 1672.jpg|thumb|A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, oil on panel painting by [[Jan Steen]], 1672]]

== References ==
{{Stub}} [[Category:Dutch painters]]