• Overall, the materials and techniques used by Jan Steen in creating Beware of Luxury are typical of Dutch painting in the 17th century, which was known for its...
  • In this painting, with its traditional German title „Die verkehrte Welt“ (“The Topsy-Turvy World”), Steen combines humorous narration with a moralising message...
  • Beware of Luxury by Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Steen contains many figures, mostly personifying a certain moral laxity as a result of idleness or ‘luxury’.
  • Many of the genre scenes he portrayed, as in The Feast of Saint Nicholas, are lively to the point of chaos and lustfulness, even so much that "a Jan Steen...
  • Jan Steen arranges the various actors as though on a theatre stage.
  • This study analyses the destination preferences of mainland Chinese tourists within the context of luxury shopping, and compares the traditional item-based...
  • Jan Steen is known for depicting chaotic households, which is unsurprising when you consider that his parents owned and operated a brewery.