Close Looking: Jan Steen's The Drawing Lesson

Join the Getty's ongoing video series on close-looking, where intriguing personalities explore the details of art works they cherish.
In this video, paintings curator Anne Woollett describes one her favorite paintings, the 17th-century Dutch work, The Drawing Lesson, completed by Jan Steen in about 1665. She walks you through details of the studio depicted, the young students, and all the tools and props needed to teach venerated drawing techniques.
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[@mch12311969]

It is a fabulous painting that I will need to pay attention to on my next visit to The Getty. The "still life" in the lower right corner is a subtle Vanitas, at least that is what I see.

[@tawan20082008]

this was cool