STEEN, Jan
(b. 1626, Leiden, d. 1679, Leiden)
STEEN, Jan (b. 1626, Leiden, d. 1679, Leiden) |
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The Lovesick Maiden (detail)c. 1660Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
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An explicit reference to the maiden's affliction is the pair of dogs copulating in the foyer, a motif probably borrowed by Frans van Mieris the Elder's Brothel Scene. | |
