File:The way you hear it.jpg
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| Jan Steen: 'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young'
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| Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q205863 |
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| Title |
‘The way you hear it, is the way you sing it’ |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
genre art |
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| Date |
circa 1665 date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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| Dimensions |
height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 163 cm (64.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,163U174728 |
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| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q221092 |
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| Accession number |
742 |
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| 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), Warmond1 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 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 Hague9 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 |
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| Exhibition history |
Jan Steen. Painter and storyteller, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 28 April 1996–18 August 1996, cat. no. 23. |
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| 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 |
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| References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as ‘As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young’, circa 1668-1670. date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .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 .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’. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.mauritshuis.nl : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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