Jan Steen
Jan Steen (c. 1626–1679) was born in Leiden and worked there as well as in The Hague, Delft and Haarlem.
He is famous for cheerful, crowded scenes of family life, feasts and taverns, such as The Feast of St Nicholas, full of humor and little life lessons.
His painted homes are so delightfully chaotic that the Dutch still call a messy household “a Jan Steen household”, and in 1672 he really did open a tavern in Leiden.
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