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The Feast of St Nicholas
The feast of St Nicholas takes place in December. In the Netherlands, it has been celebrated in the same way for centuries. Good children receive gifts from the saint. The little girl in the foreground, for instance, has a bucket full of treats. Naughty children, like the wailing boy at the left, get only a switch (a bundle of twigs) in their shoe. Jan Steen was a born storyteller. He succeeded in…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43A1451
- http://iconclass.org/31B6214
- http://iconclass.org/43C7871
- http://iconclass.org/41C634
- http://iconclass.org/41D2332(+83)
- http://iconclass.org/41A22
- Sinterklaasfeest
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43A1451
- http://iconclass.org/31B6214
- http://iconclass.org/43C7871
- http://iconclass.org/41C634
- http://iconclass.org/41D2332(+83)
- http://iconclass.org/41A22
- Sinterklaasfeest
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1665 - 1668
- 1665/1668
- 1665/1668
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5500
- SK-A-385
Extent
- height 82.0 cm
- width 70.5 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:38.882Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:57.263Z