Adolf And Catharina Croeser, Known As ‘the Burgomaster Of Delft And His Daughter’, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1655 — Jan Havickszoon Steen

Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter’, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1655

Experience Jan Steen’s ‘The Burgomaster of Delft’ – a vibrant 1655 Dutch Golden Age painting! Witness urban life, masterful realism & rich detail in this captivating portrait.


jan havickszoon steen (1626 - 1679)

Jan Steen (1626-1679) was a leading Dutch Golden Age genre painter known for lively, humorous scenes filled with psychological insight & moral themes. Explore his colorful depictions of everyday life and influence on Baroque art.

A man dressed in black sitting on the sidewalk of a house on the Old Delft, a letter in his left hand. A richly dressed girl, possibly his daughter, steps down the sidewalk. An old woman with a little boy on her side, dressed in shoddy clothes, speaks to the man. In the background the tower of the Old Church.