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Summary

Jan Steen: 'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'  wikidata:Q17276053 reasonator:Q17276053
Artist
Jan Steen  (1625/1626–1679)  wikidata:Q205863 s:en:Author:Jan Havickszoon Steen
 
Jan Steen
Alternative names
Jan Havicksz. Steen
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1625 or 1626
date QS:P,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1626-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
23 February 1679 (buried)
Location of birth/death Leiden Leiden
Work period 1648-1679
Work location
Leiden (1648-1649), The Hague (1649-1654), Delft (1654-1656), Warmond (1656-1660), Haarlem (1661-1670), Leiden (1670-1679)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q205863
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
‘The way you hear it, is the way you sing it’
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 163 cm (64.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,163U174728
institution QS:P195,Q221092
Accession number
742
Place of creation Haarlem or Leiden
Object history by 1814
date QS:P,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Hermina Jacoba, barones van Leyden (geboren gravin Thoms) (1744-1814), Warmond

1 July 1816: purchased by C. Josi (art dealer) at the sale of the collection of Hermina Jacoba, barones van Leyden , lot no. 35, for NLG 1,260 , for Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle (1782-1846), The Hague

by 12 May 1912
date QS:P,+1912-05-12T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1912-05-12T00:00:00Z/11
: jhr. Hendrick Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (1836-1912), The Hague

9 June 1913: sale of the collection of jhr. Hendrik Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot no. 70, for NLG 375,000

9 June 1913: purchased by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague
Exhibition history Jan Steen. Painter and storyteller, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 28 April 1996–18 August 1996, cat. no.  23.
Credit line Purchased by the Mauritshuis with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Inscriptions

center:

Liet / Soo voer gesongen soo / na gepepen dat is al lang / g[e]bleken ick sing u vo[or] /so[o] volcht ons na[er] / van een tot hon[derd] jaar

On the piece of paper in the hands of the old woman
References

AnonymousUnknown author, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as ‘As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young’, circa 1668-1670.
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 6500, as ‘The way you hear it, is the way you sing it’, 1663-1665

AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as The Artist's Family, circa 1665
date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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AnonymousUnknown author, Vereniging Rembrandt, as Zoals de ouden zongen, zo piepen de jongen, circa 1665
date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Gerson, H. (1952) De schoonheid van ons land [vol. 11], Amsterdam: Contact, p. 64, with image in black and white (ill. 90), as ‘Soo de ouden songe, soo pijpen de jonghen’.
Source/Photographer www.mauritshuis.nl : Home : Info : Pic
Other versions
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Version from www.wga.hu
File:Jan Steen 022.jpg
Version from H. Gerson (1952) De schoonheid van ons land [vol. 11], Amsterdam: Contact.

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The way you hear it, circa 1665, by Jan Steen. Mauritshuis, The Hague

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current19:20, 25 June 2015Thumbnail for version as of 19:20, 25 June 20155,974 × 4,947 (5.38 MB)PimbrilsBetter resolution
23:02, 12 July 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:02, 12 July 20141,200 × 994 (1.06 MB)Coat of Many ColoursNew Mauritshuis version. More faithful colours.
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19:47, 17 May 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:47, 17 May 20071,379 × 1,103 (558 KB)Peter Isotalo''The Way you Hear it is the Way you Sing it (As the Old Sing, So Twitter the Young)'' by Jan Steen, c. 1665, oil on canvas. Scanned from ''Smoke: a global history of smoking'' (2004) ISBN 1-86189-200-4 Category:Smoking in art
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