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image of The Dancing Couple
Jan Steen (artist)
Dutch, 1625/1626 - 1679
The Dancing Couple, 1663
oil on canvas
Overall: 102.5 x 142.5 cm (40 3/8 x 56 1/8 in.) framed: 131.4 x 171.8 cm (51 3/4 x 67 5/8 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.81
From the Tour: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
Object 5 of 8
1771Kabinet van schilderijen, berustende, onder den heere Jan Bisschop te Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 1771: 10.
1781Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Discourses, Idlers, a Journey to Flanders and Holland, in the Year MDCCLXXXI. Edinburgh, 1781: 169, 200, 204.
1818British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. Exh. cat. London, 1818: no. 138.
1824An Account of All the Pictures Exhibited in the Rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823, Belonging to the Nobility and Gentry of England: with Remarks, Critical and Explanatory. London, 1924: 172, no. 7 or 9.
1824Westmacott, C. M. British Galleries of Painting and Sculpture: Comprising a General Historical and Critical Catalogue with Separate Notices of Every Work of Fine Art in Principal Collections. London, 1824: 233.
1829Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 v ols. London, 1829-1842: 4(1933):50, no. 150.
1838Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Works of Art and Artists in England. 3 vols. London, 1838: 2:334.
1849British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. Exh. cat. London, 1849: no. 84.
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: being an account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Illuminated Mss. 3 vols. Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake. London, 1854-1857: 2:118.
1856Westrheene Wz., Tobias van. Jan Steen: Étude sur l'art en Hollande. The Hague, 1856: 119-120, no. 89.
1866British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United States. Exh. cat. London, 1866: no. 33.
1881Exhibition of Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School.... Exh. cat., Royal Academy, London, 1881: no. 124.
1885Widener 1885-1900, 2:165.
1891The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools. Exh. cat. South Kensington Museum, London, 1891: no. 25.
1898The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools with Descriptions Reprinted from the Catalogue Published in 1891 by the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum. London, 1898: xxv, repro.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 1(1907):171-172, no. 655.
1909The Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1909: no. 126.
1910Breck, Joseph. "Hollandsche kunst op de Hudson-Fulton tentoonstelling te New York." Onze Kunst 17 (February 1910): 41-47.
1910Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "Die Ausstellung holländischer Gemälde in New York." Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft 3 (1910): 5-12.
1910Wiersum, E. "Het schilderijen-kabinet van Jan Bisschop te Rotterdam." Oud-Holland 28 (Summer 1910): 21-186.
1913Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro.
1923Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro.
1925Loan Exhibition of Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. Exh. cat. Detroit Institute of Arts, 1925: no. 26.
1925Washburn Freund, F. E. "Eine Ausstellung niederländischer Malerei in Detroit." Der Cicerone 17, pt. 1: 460-464.
1931Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 220, repro.
1938Waldmann 1938, 334-343.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 53, repro.
1954Martin, Wilhelm. Jan Steen. Amsterdam, 1954: 79.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 108
1958Jan Steen. Exh. cat. Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1958: no. 18.
1960Baird, Thomas P. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Seven in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 28, color repro.
1960The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 25.
1961Bille, Clara. De tempel der Kunst; of, Het kabinet van den heer Braamcamp. 2 vols. Amsterdam, 1961: 1:105.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 35, 315, repro., 344.
1964Constable, W. G. Art Collecting in the United States of America: An Outline of a History. London, 1964: 117.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 124.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:242, color repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 111, repro.
1971Reynolds, Joshua. The Works. Edmond Malone, ed. 2 vols. Hildesheim and New York, 1971: 71.
1974Buist, Marten G. At Spes Non Fracta: Hope & Co. 1770-1815: Merchant Bankers and Diplomats at Work. The Hague, 1974: 492.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 332, repro.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 291, no. 385, color repro.
1977Vries, Lyckle de. "Jan Steen, 'de kluchtschilder.'" Ph.D. diss., Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, 1977: 53-54, 162, no. 97.
1978King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 59, pl. 33.
1980Braun, Karel. Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen. Rotterdam, 1980: 110-111, no. 180, repro.
1981Niemeijer, J. W. "De kunstverzameling van John Hope (1737-1784)." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1981): 127-232.
1984Philadelphia 1984, 312, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 291, no. 379, color repro.
1984Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1984: 6, 34-35, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 381, repro.
1986Sutton 1986, 309, repro. 461.
1990Broos, Ben P. J., et al. Great Dutch Paintings from America. Exh. cat. Mauritshuis, The Hague; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Hague and Zwolle, 1990: no. 59.
1990Buijsen, Edwin. "De kunst van het verzamelen: De verzamelaar centraal op Haags symposium." Tableau 13 (December 1990): 63-66, repro.
1990Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes. New Haven, 1990: 105-106, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 135, repro.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 364-369, color repro. 365.
1996Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1996-1997: no. 20.
1997Palmer, Michael and Gifford, E. Melanie. "Jan Steen's Painting Practice: The Dancing Couple in the Context of the Artist's Career." Studies in the History of Art 57 (1997): 127-155, repro. no. 1.

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