Jan Steen: 'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'
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Artist |
Jan Steen
(1625/1626–1679) |
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Alternative names |
Jan Havicksz. Steen |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
1625 or 1626 date QS:P,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1626-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
23 February 1679 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Leiden |
Work period |
1648-1679 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q205863 |
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Title |
‘The way you hear it, is the way you sing it’ |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Date |
circa 1665 date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 163 cm (64.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,163U174728 |
Collection |
Mauritshuis
(Inventory) |
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Native name |
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E |
Established |
1822 |
Website |
mauritshuis.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q221092 |
Accession number |
742 |
Place of creation |
Haarlem or Leiden |
Object history |
by 1814 date QS:P,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Hermina Jacoba, barones van Leyden (geboren gravin Thoms) (1744-1814), Warmond
1 July 1816: purchased by C. Josi (art dealer) at the sale of the collection of Hermina Jacoba, barones van Leyden , lot no. 35, for NLG 1,260 , for Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle (1782-1846), The Hague
by 12 May 1912date QS:P,+1912-05-12T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1912-05-12T00:00:00Z/11 : jhr. Hendrick Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (1836-1912), The Hague
9 June 1913: sale of the collection of jhr. Hendrik Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot no. 70, for NLG 375,000
9 June 1913: purchased by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague
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Exhibition history |
Jan Steen. Painter and storyteller, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 28 April 1996–18 August 1996, cat. no. 23.
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Credit line |
Purchased by the Mauritshuis with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt |
Inscriptions |
center:
Liet / Soo voer gesongen soo / na gepepen dat is al lang / g[e]bleken ick sing u vo[or] /so[o] volcht ons na[er] / van een tot hon[derd] jaar
On the piece of paper in the hands of the old woman |
References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as ‘As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young’, circa 1668-1670.
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 6500, as ‘The way you hear it, is the way you sing it’, 1663-1665
AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as The Artist's Family, circa 1665date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
AnonymousUnknown author, Vereniging Rembrandt, as Zoals de ouden zongen, zo piepen de jongen, circa 1665date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
Gerson, H. (1952) De schoonheid van ons land [vol. 11], Amsterdam: Contact, p. 64, with image in black and white (ill. 90), as ‘Soo de ouden songe, soo pijpen de jonghen’. |
Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork |
Other versions |
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File:Jan Steen 022.jpg
Version from H. Gerson (1952) De schoonheid van ons land [vol. 11], Amsterdam: Contact. |
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