Self-portrait of Jan Steen playing lute

Steen, Jan (1626-1679)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1663-1665
Height:
55.3 cm  (21 3/4 in.)
Width:
43.8 cm  (17 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
    [Museum inv. no.: 373 (1930.110)]

People as subjects

Steen, Jan (1626-1679) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48B3
portrait, self-portrait of artist

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 2

Bibliographic references

Burgers, Jan W.J. The lute in the Dutch Golden Age: Musical culture in the Netherlands 1580-1670 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013) plate 11. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4376