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Steen, Jan

The satyr and the peasant

Steen, Jan

1625 - 1679

The satyr and the peasant

Oil on canvas: 112 x 83 cm
Dating: 1660-1663
Objectnumber: 111-1946

After a fable by Aesop. The satyr finds man’s behavious baffling: the farmer blows in his hands to warm them up, and he blows over his soup to cool it down. I.o.w. he tries to reach two opposite results with the same act. 
Original fable here: The Man and the Satyr

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