Jan van Goyen House
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Seventeenth Century Soap OperaThe relations among those three painters are very much similar to those of a soap opera. Jan Steen married Jan van Goyen's daughter, worked for some time in his workshop and lived in his house; father and son-in-law were artistically mutually influenced by each other. Next door lived Paulus Potter, a tenant of Jan van Goyen. Paulus Potter got married to the girl next door on the other side, daughter of palace builder Van Balckeneynde. He was the builder of the Noordeinde Palace, Palace Huis ten Bosch (residence of the former Dutch queen Beatrix and now currently the residence of the new king Alexander and his wife Maxima and their three daughters) and the Catshuis (the house of the Prime Minister).
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