Woman at her toilet. Jan Steen

Woman at her toilet. Jan Steen

circa 1659-1660
oil on panel
Height: 37 cm (14.6 in). Width: 27.5 cm (10.8 in).
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Accession number SK-A-4052
Object history

Unknown date: acquired by Isaac de Bruijn (....-1953) and Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (....-1960), Spiez, Switzerland
1961: given to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by Isaac de Bruijn and Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw, Muri, Switzerland
Exhibition history

The Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 June 2005–2 October 2005, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 25 October 2005–15 January 2006.
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, 9 May 2009–13 September 2009, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55365-471-1.
L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010.
Vermeer's women. Secrets and silence, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 5 October 2011–15 January 2012.
Inscriptions Signature bottom left: JSteen - On the chair
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Het toilet, 1655-1660.
RKDimages, Art-work number 6387, as Het morgentoilet, circa 1659-1660, 37 × 27.5 cm (14.6 × 10.8 in).
Web Gallery of Art, as The Morning Toilet, circa 1665, 37 × 28 cm (14.6 × 11 in).