The Alchemist by Jan Steen

1626

Born

1648

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.

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. Februar 1679

Died