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The Dissolute Household
The wife asleep, the husband flirting, the house falling apart.
What
A woman dozes in her chair holding out a glass, a man behind her takes a pipe from the maid, and the floor is littered with a lute, books and a ham.
Why
Painted around 1663 to 1664; The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it (1982.60.31), Jack and Belle Linsky collection, CC0.
Notice
Look at the floor: everything that should be on a shelf is underfoot.
“A Steen household is a sermon you can laugh at.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982.60.31.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Jan Steen
- Era
- Leiden, c. 1663 to 1664
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag Cc-zero, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982.60.31.
