Sydney has stopped at the painting Twelfth Night by Jan Steen for today’s episode. The painting shows a lively party, so listen to Sydney tackle the 15 people depicted, the background, and foreground. She also talks about texture, her thoughts on the inebriated, and how the past links to the present through something crucial.

The sources used for the information on Jan Steen are 

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jan-steen-6956.php#:~:text=Jan%20Steen%20was%20born%2C%20in%201626%2C%20in%20Leiden%2C,was%20the%20eldest%20of%20the%20couple%E2%80%99s%20eight%20children

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1220.pdf

https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/our-masters/jan-steen/

Gudlaugsson, S. (1945). The Comedians in the work of Jan Steen and his Contemporaries

Liedtke, W. (2007). Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Steen, Jan Havicksz". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1901.html

The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/723414926218100736/episode-2-twelfth-night 

Artist biography: 0:36

Description of art: 3:51

Thoughts: 15:40

Challenge: 17:29