☕ Everyday Life
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
Jan Steen · 1665
Why it's great
A family at a party sing and drink and smoke, and the grandparents do it too, while a small boy puffs on a pipe. Jan Steen painted it in about 1668, and the title is a proverb that children copy what the adults do.
Where to see it
📍 MauritshuisThe Hague, Netherlands
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⬇ Hi-res download
6,000 × 4,918 px · 29.5 megapixels · prints up to about 20 × 16 inches at 300 dpi
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
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Jan Steen was a Dutch painter born in Leiden in 1626. He painted lively, messy family scenes and parties full of jokes and lessons, so much that a messy home is called a Jan Steen household in Dutch. He died in 1679.
