In 1648 Jan Steen joined the painters' Guild of Saint Luke at Leiden, but soon after became an assistant to the renowned landscape painter Jan van Goyen (1596--1656) and moved into his house on the Bierkade in The Hague.
Jan Steen joined the painters' Guild of Saint Luke at Leiden, but soon after became an assistant to the renowned landscape painter Jan van Goyen (1596--1656) and moved into his house on the Bierkade in The Hague. This was in 1648.