ENGLISH EDITION. JAN STEEN IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST ENTERTAINING PAINTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY. HE LOVED EVERYDAY LIFETHE FUN OF THE TAVERNWEDDINGS AND PARTIESHE LOVED THE CELEBRATIONS ON St NICHOLAS´S DAY AND TWELFITH NIGHT.AND HE PAINTED THEM ALL WITH A COMIC TWIST.BUT THE ELUSIVE JAN STEEN WAS NOT JUST A JOKESMITH HE WAS A MAN WHO KNEW ABOUT ART AND DRAMAWHO WAS WELL VERSED IN CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND THE BIBLE.