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Jan Steen

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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.

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.[1]

Notable works

 
A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, oil on panel painting by Jan Steen, 1672

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