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Complete Collected Letters

Volumes 18, 19, and 20 of Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters became available at the end of 2024, completing the series begun in 1939. Download for free.

Which number?

Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

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Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Woman Feeding a Cat

Hunter's Gift

The Wine Drinker

The Virginal Player

The Sleepy Sportsman

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Bricklayer

Potter

Turner

Wig-maker

Images of life in Holland

Jan Steen
1626-1679

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Argument over a Card Game

As the old sing, so pipe the young

Bowling Game

Cat Family

Country Wedding

Dancing Couple

Dancing Lesson

Drunk Woman

Family Concert

Feast of Saint Nicolaas

Girl Eating Oysters

Harpsichord Lesson

Hear it, Sing it

Interior of an Inn

Jan Steen - self portrait (1670)

Leaving the Tavern

Life of Man

Lovesick Maiden

Marriage Contract

Merry Company on a Terrace

Merry Couple

Merry Family

Morning Toilet

Nocturnal Serenade

Peasants Before an Inn

Prince's Day

Rhetoricians at a Window

Scholar at His Desk

Skittle Players Outside Inn

Tavern Scene

The Christening

The Dissolute Household

The Dissolute Household

The Doctor's Visit

The Drinker

The Effects of Intemperance

The Old Sing, Children Squeal

The Parrot Cage

The Rhetoricians

The Tooth Puller

Three Kings Feast (Bean King)

Win Some, Lose Some

Wine Is a Mocker

World Turned Upside Down

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Life in Holland slide shows

  • Adriaen van Ostade
  • Jan Steen
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  • Jan Luyken

Life in Holland

in the 1600's

The Christening
The Effects of Intemperance
Dancing Lesson
Mother with Cradle

Woman and Maid with Child

Woman and Maid in Courtyard