Dutch buy old master from Britain for €12m

The Netherlands’ Royal Museum has has bought the 17th-century painting The Mayor of Delft and his Daughter by Dutch master Jan Steen for £8m (€11.9m).

Dutch buy old master from Britain for €12m
Mon, 16 Aug, 2004 - 20:50

The Netherlands’ Royal Museum has has bought the 17th-century painting The Mayor of Delft and his Daughter by Dutch master Jan Steen for £8m (€11.9m).

The masterpiece, which dates from 1655, is one of just a handful of portraits produced by Steen, who is best known for his scenes of daily life in the Netherlands’ Golden Age.

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