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Jan Steen: Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’  wikidata:Q17322404 reasonator:Q17322404
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)
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artist QS:P170,Q205863
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’ Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lnl,"Kinderen leren een poes dansen, bekend als ‘De dansles’"
label QS:Len,"Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
A group of children tries to make a cat dance. This painting is known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’. The children are sitting around a table. A girl plays the flute. The dog barks. An old man watches over them from a small window. To the right a lute hangs on the wall.
Date Between 1660 and 1679
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1679-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 68.5 cm (26.9 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,68.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,59U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Gallery of Honour
Accession number
SK-A-718
Place of creation Haarlem (?)
Object history by 1880
date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: jhr. Jacob Salomon Hendrik van de Poll (1837-1880), Amsterdam
1880: bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by jhr. Jacob Salomon Hendrik van de Poll, Amsterdam
Exhibition history

Satire en vermaak. Het genrestuk van Frans Hals en zijn tijdgenoten, 1610-1635, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 20 September 2003–4 January 2004, ISBN 90-400-8855-1.

Miró, The Dutch interiors, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 5 October 2010–7 January 2011.
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

JSteen
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as ‘The Dancing Lesson’, 1660-1679.

RKDimages, Art-work number 6390, as Kinderen laten een kat dansen, bekend als ‘De dansles’, 1666-1667

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186081, as Die Tanzstunde, 1641/1679
Source/Photographer Txllxt TxllxT
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File:Kinderen leren een poes dansen, bekend als ‘De dansles’ Rijksmuseum SK-A-718.jpeg
Version from www.rijksmuseum.nl
File:Jan Havicksz. Steen - Kinderen leren een poes dansen, bekend als 'De dansles' - Google Art Project.jpg
Version from Google Cultural Institute
File:Jan Steen Kinderu Katze.jpg
Version from de.wikipedia

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