Skittle Players outside an Inn

"Skittle Players outside an Inn" is an oil-on-panel painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen, created between 1660 and 1663 during his Haarlem period. This lively genre painting captures a group engaged in a skittles game outside an inn, emphasizing everyday life scene typical of Baroque art. Steen's masterful depiction of this social activity reflects the playful and moralistic qualities characteristic of Dutch genre scenes. The painting, now held in the National Gallery, London, was bequeathed in 1910 by George Salting.