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Jan Steen

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626–1679)
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Summary

Jan Steen was born on January 1, 1626[1], in Leiden[2]. He died on February 3, 1679[3], in Leiden[4]. He worked as a painter[5], visual artist[6], and architectural drafter[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,319 views/month, #7,193 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Pieterskerk[9]
  • Spouse: Grietje Van Goyen[10]
  • Child: Cornelis Steen[11]
  • Country of citizenship: Dutch Republic[12], Netherlands[13], Kingdom of the Netherlands[14]
  • Ethnic group: Dutch[15]
  • Notable work: Wine is a Mocker[16], Girl eating oysters[17], The Feast of Saint Nicholas[18]
  • Member of: Haarlem Guild of St. Luke[19]
  • Sex or gender: male[20]
  • Movement: Dutch Golden Age painting[21]
  • Genre: genre painting[22], history painting[23], landscape painting[24], portrait[25], self-portrait[26]
  • Commons category: Jan Steen[27]
  • Family name: Steen[28]
  • Given name: Jan[29], Havickszoon[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jan Steen[31]
  • Commons gallery: Jan Steen[32]
  • Work location: Leiden[33], The Hague[34], Delft[35], Warmond[36], Haarlem[37]
  • Student of: Nikolaus Knüpfer[38], Jan van Goyen[39], Adriaen van Ostade[40]
  • Described by source: The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters[41], Nordisk familjebok[42], Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters[43], The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses[44], Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie[45], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], The religious and historical paintings of Jan Steen[47], Q105620428[48], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[49]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Jan Steen include 10586 Jansteen[50].

Why It Matters

Jan Steen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] He is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

He has been cited as an influence by Pieter de Hooch[53], a painter[54], 1629–1684[55], of Dutch Republic[56], specialised in painting[57].

Entities named for him include 10586 Jansteen[50].

FAQs

Where was Jan Steen born?

Jan Steen's place of birth was Leiden[2].

Where did Jan Steen die?

Jan Steen died in Leiden[4].

Who was Jan Steen married to?

Jan Steen's spouses include Grietje Van Goyen[10].

What did Jan Steen do for work?

Jan Steen worked as a painter[5], visual artist[6], and architectural drafter[7].

Who did Jan Steen influence?

Jan Steen has been cited as an influence by Pieter de Hooch[53].

Related Entities

Apsley House Art Gallery of Ontario Cleveland Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Dutch Republic Fitzwilliam Museum Gemäldegalerie Berlin Hamburger Kunsthalle Hermitage Museum Jan van Goyen J. Paul Getty Museum Kröller-Müller Museum Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthistorisches Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Musée Fabre Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston National Gallery National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Ireland National Gallery of Victoria Nationalmuseum National Museum in Warsaw National Museum of Ancient Art National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design National Museum of Western Art Pieter de Hooch

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 5w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626–1679)
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  9. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, visual artist, architectural drafter
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