Jan Steen, 1660 - The Lovesick Maiden - fine art print

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Doctors were familiar targets of parody in Steen's native Leiden, the home of a famous medical school. Borrowing from the comic stage, Steen identifies the old man as a quack by his peculiar clothing, while the nature of the young lady's malady is suggested by the Cupid over the door, and other intimations like the open bed. The picture dates about 1660.

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The painting The Lovesick Maiden was painted by the baroque artist Jan Steen in 1660. The artwork was painted with the exact size: 34 x 39 in (86,4 x 99,1 cm) and was painted with the techinque of oil on canvas. The work of art can be viewed in in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Helen Swift Neilson, 1945 (license: public domain). : Bequest of Helen Swift Neilson, 1945. In addition to that, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format with an image ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width. The painter Jan Steen was a European artist, whose art style can be classified as Baroque. The artist lived for a total of 53 years - born in the year 1626 in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands and passed away in 1679.

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