Merry Company on a Terrace
Jan Steen
$47.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Merry Company on a Terrace by Jan Steen (ca. 1670) is one of the Dutch Golden Age master's most exuberant celebrations of leisure, music, and human folly. Painted in oil on canvas at monumental scale, this lively scene unfolds on a sunlit terrace where elegantly dressed figures drink, flirt, play music, and revel in the pleasures of the moment — a theatrical tableau that Steen orchestrates with characteristic wit and moral undertone.
Jan Steen was renowned for embedding cautionary messages within seemingly festive compositions. The abundance of wine, the gestures of courtship, and the presence of children observing adult excess all carry symbolic weight rooted in Dutch proverbs and the era's moralizing tradition. His loose, confident brushwork animates each figure with individual personality, while his mastery of light and color reflects the influence of both Rembrandt and the broader Leiden school of painting.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this work exemplifies the richness of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting at its finest. This museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction faithfully renders every detail of Steen's composition, printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch wooden frame with a classic gallery wrap finish — ready to display and built to last.
| Artist | Jan Steen |
| Year | ca. 1670 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 55 1/2 x 51 3/4 in. (141 x 131.4 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 20 × 25 cm (8″ × 10″) |
| Medium | 51 × 76 cm (20″ × 30″) |
| Large | 102 × 152 cm (40″ × 60″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
