Grietje van Goyen, Jan Steens vrouw, spelend op een cister

Steen, Jan (1626-1679)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1662
Height:
30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)
Width:
26.0 cm  (10 1/4 in.)
signed middle - right: JSteen, J and S monogrammed
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
Place of creation:
Haarlem

Additional titles

Grietje van Goyen, Jan Steen's wife, playing a cittern

    Item location

  • Mauritshuis
    [Museum inv. no.: 779]

Description

A woman, supposedly the wife of the painter, is sitting in an interior, gazing at the viewer, playing a cittern.

People as subjects

Goyen, Margriet Grietje Jans van (ca. 1624-1669) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cittern [3106]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Mauritshuis: Illustrated general catalogue (Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff bv, in cooperation with The Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1993) 140. ISBN 9029040335.

Braun, Karel. Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen (Rotterdam: Lekturama, 1980) 104, nr. 132.

Suchtelen, Ariane van. Jan Steen (Den Haag: Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis; Zwolle: Waanders Uitgeverij, 2011) 36-37. ISBN 9040077622.

RIdIM record id

2948