le ▁Des ub le o , ▁Nicolas ▁Rég nier , ▁Ger ard ▁Seg h ers , ▁The odo or ▁R omb outs ▁and ▁Steven ▁W ils . ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁General ▁J ans sens ▁painted ▁both ▁religious , ▁myth ological ▁and ▁alleg or ical ▁scenes , ▁and ▁occasionally ▁a ▁portrait . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁painted ▁genre - style ▁scenes ▁representing ▁the ▁five ▁sens es ▁or ▁the ▁seven ▁dead ly ▁s ins . ▁ ▁J ans sens ▁aff ixed ▁the ▁signature ▁" J ans sens ▁van ▁N uy ss en " ▁to ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁pictures . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁' van ▁N uy ss en ' ▁was ▁the ▁family ▁name ▁of ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁that ▁J ans sens ▁added ▁it ▁to ▁his ▁signature ▁to ▁distinguish ▁himself ▁from ▁his ▁names akes ▁as ▁the ▁family ▁name ▁J ans sens ▁was ▁very ▁common ▁in ▁ 1 7 th - century ▁Fland ers . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁chron ology ▁of ▁J ans sens ' ▁o e uv re , ▁as ▁he ▁only ▁dated ▁or ▁documented ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁his ▁works . ▁ ▁Early ▁works ▁His ▁earliest ▁works ▁are ▁ste ep ed ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁M anner ism ▁and ▁are ▁character ized ▁by ▁an ▁artificial ▁design ▁and ▁a ▁p alette ▁composed ▁of ▁dispers ing ▁colours . ▁An ▁example ▁is ▁his ▁earliest ▁dated ▁picture ▁D iana ▁and ▁Call isto ▁of ▁ 1 6 0 1 ▁( M useum ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts , ▁Budapest ), ▁which ▁demonstr ates ▁that