Jan Steen, The Doctor's Visit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mabel Johnson Langhorne · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Jan Steen

The Doctor's Visit

17th century

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54 × 61.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-140201

This scene was likely made by a follower of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Jan Steen, who painted a similar image of a woman being treated for lovesickness by a quack doctor. Steen’s paintings, copies of them, and works by his followers were popular on the American art market in the late nineteenth century. They appealed to collectors of various backgrounds, from lawyers like Ralph Cross J…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mabel Johnson Langhorne

Registry history

  • 17th century — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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