Jan Steen Painter and Storyteller Author:H. Perry Chapman, W. th Kloek, Arthur K. Wheelock, Guido Jansen, National Gallery of Art (U. S.), Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) Jan Steen, the quintessential seventeenth-century Dutch painter, set himself apart from other painters with an astonishing range of brushwork skills and diversity of themes and genres. This lavishly illustrated book shows Steen`s consummate skill as painter and storyteller, reassesses the artist in the context of his times, and presents the most... more » comprehensive biographical profile of Steen yet published.« less