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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: January 1830Reference: 35485i- Books
The comedians in the work of Jan Steen and his contemporaries / S.J. Gudlaugsson ; [translated from the Dutch by James Brockway ; introduction translated by Patricia Wardle].
Gudlaugsson, S. J. (Sturla J.), 1913-Date: [1975], ©1975- Pictures
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A dingy tavern with backgammon players and an amorous couple observing a pregnant woman as she drinks. Mezzotint by J. Stolker after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 26840i- Pictures
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The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 778482i- Pictures
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A family group of musicians with three members playing instruments and others listening and looking on. Etching by Henri Lefort after Jan Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1880Reference: 27056iPart of: Collections du Palais Saint Donato.- Pictures
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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, c. 1770, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35474i- Pictures
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A young couple wait while a contract of marriage is drawn up and the servant waits to take the stop out of the barrel. Engraving by Jean-Charles Baquoy after Jan Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679Date: 1700-1799Reference: 28397i- Pictures
A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35486i- Pictures
An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Engraving by J. Boydell, c. 1760, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35481i- Pictures
A physician examining a bare breasted female patient, an older woman passes him a syringe, a bawdy couple are in the background. Mezzotint by A. de Blois after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 21759i- Pictures
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An apothecary sells tablets to the King and Queen of the Netherlands the 'socialist epidemic' ostensibly sweeping through Europe. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1890.
Braakensiek, Joh. (Johan Coenraad), 1858-1940.Date: 2 November 1890Reference: 17689i- Pictures
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People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1790-1799Reference: 33171i- Pictures
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A physician receiving a glass from a female servant while visiting a young female patient who is in bed. Coloured lithograph by P.H.L. Van der Meulen after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21756i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0009020: Oil painting of a man at an outdoor stall examining a urine flask
Date: June 1944Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/79/21Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive