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The Feast of Saint Nicholas

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  • Jane Choy asked

    What is the round object that the little girl is holding?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hi Jane, the girl is holding a kind of spiced biscuit: 'speculaas'. A treat that people in The Netherlands today still eat and receive as a gift during the feast of St. Nicolas. best, Sophie

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Title The Feast of Saint Nicholas
Material and technique Oil on panel
Object type
Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Dimensions Width 49 cm
Height 58,5 cm
Artists Painter: Jan Havicksz. Steen
Accession number 1826 (OK)
Credits Uit de nalatenschap van / from the estate of: F.J.O. Boijmans 1847
Department Old Masters
Acquisition date 1847
Creation date in circa 1670
Collector Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans
External exhibitions Sinterklaas, wie kent hem niet? (2009)
Winter Tales. Depictions of Winter in European Art from Bruegel to Beuys (2011)
De kunst van het opvoeden (2013)
Langdurig bruikleen Steen, Calvijn, Weenix en Cuyp (2019)
Research Alma
Material
Object
Geographical origin Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Jan Havicksz. Steen

Leiden 1626 - Leiden 1679

Jan Steen is known for his humorous depictions of the everyday life of farmers and the middle-classes in 17th-century Holland. He worked in The Hague, Haarlem,...

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