Jan Havicksz. SteenDutch, 1626–1679Anthony and Cleopatra
May one see it?
Unknown
Mauritshuis
The Hague, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- R816
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Mauritshuis — Jan Steen · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of Jan Havicksz. Steen
The whole life1660–1670
Haarlem: his most productive period
From 1660 to 1670 Steen lived in Haarlem, and this was the most productive period of his life.
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.
1670s
Drinking companion Frans van Mieris
One of his drinking companions became Frans van Mieris (1635–1681).
