Wedding reception

ID: #2874 | Dutch painters | People

Date: 17th century
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Apsley House, The Wellington Museum, London, UK

The image shows a group of people celebrating inside a room that looks like an inn or tavern. Several people play musical instruments while others dance, sing and make merry. The atmosphere is boisterous and disorderly, with people wearing different clothes from different social classes. There is a dog in the foreground and food scattered on the ground, which adds to the lively and chaotic nature of the scene.

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Steen painted picture Wedding reception in 17th century. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in Apsley House, The Wellington Museum, London, UK. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Havickszoon Jan Steen (1626-1679). Dutch genre painter of the 17th century. His paintings are renowned for his insight into the psychology of the characters, his sense of humour, and his pregnant expression of the essence of the message. He painted distinctively, using bright colours. In particular, he created genre pictures from the lives of simple people, but did not avoid religious, mythological motifs, portraits, landscapes, etc.