Great masters of Dutch and Flemish painting (1909)
Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929, Clarke, Margaret L · London : Duckworth and co.; New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 160
their larder was often ill-stocked ; but as far as I can seethe artist has left us no pictures of their life together. From the numerous paintings which show us Jan Steenamongst his family in the house and in the inn room, andfrom the subjective nature of his conception, we can forma picture of the… … JAN STEEN 109 life-size portrait from his hand, depicts him in about histhirty-fifth year, exactly as he speaks to us from hispictures. The small, sharply observant eyes, the Mephis-tophelian raised eyebrows, the powerful nose, the fulllips, the half sarcastic, half jovial expression round…
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