Jan Steen · c. 1658-60
Girl Eating Oysters
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A young woman in a red fur-trimmed jacket glances at the viewer as she salts an oyster; a blue-and-white jug, a glass of wine and a silver tray crowd the table, and a cook works at the hearth behind. A small panel with an arched top. Mauritshuis, The Hague.
Up to 16 × 22.1 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of Girl Eating Oysters
The Oyster Eater is a small oil-on-panel painting by Jan Steen dating to c. 1658-1660 and in the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1936. The oysters carry an erotic meaning in Dutch genre painting, and the empty shells suggest the brevity of earthly pleasure. The arched top of the panel echoes the curve of the girl's head and shoulder.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jan Steen
Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour. Their satire also mocks the behavior and attitudes of the Dutch bourgeoisie.
All Jan Steen prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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