Jan Steen, 1665 - The Life of Man - fine art print

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Adriaan Bout, The Hague; his sale, The Hague, 11 August 1733 (Lugt 427), no. 134 (515 guilders); Benjamin da Costa, The Hague; his sale, The Hague, 13 August 1764 (Lugt 1400), no. 62 (for 1,745 guilders to Tethart Philipp Christian Haag for Prince William V); Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822

In 1665 the painter Jan Steen created the baroque masterpiece. The 350 years old painting had the following dimensions - height: 68,5 cm width: 81,6 cm | height: 27 in width: 32,1 in. Oil on canvas was applied by the European painter as the technique for the artpiece. The original artwork's inscription is the following: signed: JSteen. Today, the artwork belongs to the Mauritshuis's art collection. With courtesy of Mauritshuis, The Hague (licensed: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Adriaan Bout, The Hague; his sale, The Hague, 11 August 1733 (Lugt 427), no. 134 (515 guilders); Benjamin da Costa, The Hague; his sale, The Hague, 13 August 1764 (Lugt 1400), no. 62 (for 1,745 guilders to Tethart Philipp Christian Haag for Prince William V); Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822. Besides, the alignment is in landscape format with an aspect ratio of 1.2 : 1, meaning that the length is 20% longer than the width. Jan Steen was a male painter, whose style can be classified as Baroque. The European painter lived for 53 years - born in 1626 in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands and deceased in the year 1679 in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands.

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