The wedding night of Tobias and Sarah

Canvas
81 x 123 cm
Inv.nr. 112a-1946, Cat. nr.155
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Used to be two different paintings, joined in 1996. Left part owned by "'s Rijks dienst voor verspreide kunstvoorwerpen".
Steen's teacher Knupfer produced a Tobias and Sara that was  his example for this scene.
For the story, see the biblical book of Tobit.

Adoration of the shepherds

Panel
31,5 x 41 cm
Inv.nr. 108-1946, Cat. nr.156

To the right, a woman with a basket on her head who looks just like the one on nr. 111-1946 below.
The contrast between Mary in her blue cloak and the rustic shepherds produces a somewhat comical effect.

The satyr and the peasant

Canvas
Dated: ca. 1660
97 x 120 cm
Inv.nr. 111-1946, Cat. nr.157

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

Couple in a bedchamber

Panel
49 x 39,5 cm
Inv.nr. 113-1946, Cat. nr.158

Here an old(?) man with a red nose peeks under the skirt of a not unwilling young woman. We are looking at a brothel-scene here: the red clothing of the woman makes it likely that she is a prostitute. The pipe leaning against the chamberpot also points in this direction: ‘cleaning one’s pipe’ is an old eufemism for visting a brothel.
The liquor bottle and the man’s red nose are an indication of excessive drinking. The brazier, the slippers and the stockings serve as sexual allusions.
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Drunkards outside Voorschoten

Panel
26 x 35 cm
Inv.nr. 109-1946, Cat. nr.159

The theme of a drunkard returning home supported by his(?) wife is a recurring one in Steen's oeuvre. This may be an early work of the master.

Rhetoricians

Panel
63 x 47 cm
Inv.nr. 110-1946, Cat. nr.160

"Rederijkers" (rhetoricians) were aristocratic amateur poets who used to meet in chambers to practice their art. 
This is (a 19th century copy of) a painting Jan Steen made for a bet with Frans van Mieris, about who would be the fastest in producing a painting of a certain size.