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“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Steen, Jan: The Dancing Couple
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Also Known As Jan Havickszoon Steen
Born c.1626 • Leiden • Netherlands
Died February 3, 1679 • Leiden • Netherlands

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“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Steen, Jan: The Dancing Couple
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Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Ostade, Isack van: The Halt at the Inn
Isack van Ostade
Dutch painter
Wouwerman, Philips: landscape with hawkers
Philips Wouwerman
Dutch painter
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
American painter
David Teniers, the Younger
Flemish painter
Kim Hong-do
Korean painter
George Morland
British painter
Brouwer, Adriaen: Youth Making a Face
Adriaen Brouwer
Flemish painter
The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Alessandro Magnasco
Italian painter
Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher
David Teniers, the Elder
Flemish painter
Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter

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