![[Der lachende Bauer], Jan Steen, 1646–1679](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/steen-j-v3-5632/max/000001.jpg)
Jan Havicksz. SteenDutch, 1626–1679[Der lachende Bauer]
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
What it shows
Sources
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Jan Havicksz. Steen
The whole life1648
Joins the Leiden Guild of St Luke
Together with Gabriël Metsu and other painters Steen joined the recently founded Guild of St Luke in Leiden.
1649
Moves to The Hague; works with Jan van Goyen
From 1649 Steen lived in The Hague, where he first worked with the landscape painter Jan van Goyen, who became his father-in-law.
3 October 1649
Marries Margriet, daughter of Jan van Goyen
On 3 October 1649 Steen married Margriet, the daughter of Jan van Goyen; they had eight children.
1669–1670
The deaths of his wife, mother and father
By 1669 Steen's finances had improved, but in the spring his wife died, later that year his mother, and a year later his father.
1670
Returns to Leiden, to his parents' house
After his father's death Steen returned to Leiden and lived for the rest of his life in the house he inherited from his parents.
3 February 1679
Died
