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A 6 page research paper that examines two Dutch paintings, "Twelfth-Night Feast" by Jan Steen (1662), and "Moses and the Israelites After the Miracle of Water from the Rock" by Lucas van Leyden (1527), and discusses the prominent features of both paintings, in terms of what sources indicate about the artist's life and possible intentions in creating each work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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both paintings, in terms of what sources indicate about the artists life and possible intentions in creating each work. Jan Steen (1626-1679) A Dutch artists, born in Leiden, Steen
is best known for his "humorous genre scenes," which are characterized by their warm heartedness and animated depictions, which portray domestic life in his era as a "vast comedy of
manners" ("Steen, Jan"). His work is considered to rank alongside that of "Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals" in its popularity and a "Jan Steen household has become an epithet for an
untidy house" ("Steen, Jan"). However, Steens work is much more varied than this evaluation suggests, as he painted "portraits, historical, mythological and religious subjects," as well as "animals, birds, and
still-lifes," which rival those of any his contemporaries ("Steen, Jan"). Furthermore, as a "painter of children," his work is "unsurpassed" ("Steen, Jan"). Steen studied with Adrianen van Ostade in
Haartem and also with Jan van Goyen, who later became his father-in-law, in The Hague. He lived in various towns, and in 1672, he became the owner of a tavern
in Leiden in 1672, which is appropriate when one considers that his father was a brewer. As this suggests, Steen had to find other means to support himself as his
earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the image of a "drunken profligate," but there is no
hard evidence to support this contention ("Steen, Jan"). Many of his paintings show taverns and festive gatherings, but they also frequently feature "moralizing allusions" and it is a fact that
he also frequently painted "scenes of impeccable genteelness" ("Steen, Jan"). Steen is admired for his "versatility, richness of characterization and inventiveness in composition," as well as his remarkable "skill as
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