STEEN, Jan
(b. 1626, Leiden, d. 1679, Leiden)

The Meal

1650s
Oil on wood, 41 x 50 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This bucolic meal, set for one, contrasts with Steen's usually jolly, rowdy repasts. The smiling bumpkin violinist plays, the man on the bench - perhaps the seated young woman's father - sings.