The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660, Oil on canvas, 34 x 39 in. (86. 4 x 99. 1 cm), Paintings, Jan Steen (Dutch, Leiden 1626?1679 Leiden), Doctors were familiar targets of parody in Steen's native Leiden, the home of a famous medical school. Borrowing from the comic stage, Steen identifies the old man as a quack by his peculiar clothing, while the nature of the young lady's malady is suggested by the Cupid over the door, and other intimations like the open bed