Jan Steen
The Twelfth Night Feast

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Artist Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626–1679)Dutch, 1626–1679

CultureDutch

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The Twelfth Night Feast

Date1670s

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 26 3/8 × 38 5/8 in. (67 × 98.1 cm)
Frame (outer): 35 7/8 × 48 in. (91.1 × 121.9 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1978.21

Not on view

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceFirst recorded by Smith when in the collection of the Duke of Bedford; [his sale, Christie’s, London, June 30, 1827, lot 108]; Henry Fulton, London, 1833; [Christie’s, London, June 20, 1834, lot 98]; Edward William Lake, London; [his sale, Christie’s, London, July 12, 1845, lot 115]; H. F. Holt, London, 1868; John Waterloo Wilson, Paris, beginning of the 1870s, stockbook number 98; [his sale from his house at Avenue Hoche, 3, Paris, March 14–16, 1881, lot 104]; Fechenbach, Cologne, 1889; Baron von Schroeder, London; [sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 1914]; [Christie’s, London, June 29, 1973, lot 30, as having come from the collection of Clarence McKay (1874–1938), Long Island, New York]; [David Koetser Gallery, Zurich]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, Texas, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on the youth’s hat: TAP
Inscribed on the old man’s chest: SVRCH

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