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Jacob Jordaens

Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day. Unlike those contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their intellectual and courtly aspirations. In fact, except for a few short trips to locations in the Low Countries, he remained in Antwerp his entire life. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries.

Like Rubens, Jordaens painted altarpieces, mythological, and allegorical scenes, and after 1640—the year Rubens died—he was the most important painter in Antwerp for large-scale commissions and the status of his patrons increased in general. However, he is best known today for his numerous large genre scenes based on proverbs in the manner of his contemporary Jan Brueghel the Elder, depicting The King Drinks and As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young. Jordaens' main artistic influences, besides Rubens and the Brueghel family, were northern Italian painters such as Jacopo Bassano, Paolo Veronese, and Caravaggio.

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Moses Striking Water from the Rock

Moses Striking Water from the Rock (1645–1650)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Bachanalia

Bachanalia (1655-1660)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Portrait of Catharina Behaghel

Portrait of Catharina Behaghel (1635)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Study Of Heads

Study Of Heads

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa

The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa (C. 1630 - C. 1640)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Antwerp Hospital Nuns

Antwerp Hospital Nuns

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Bacchus as a child

Bacchus as a child (circa 1640)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Bachanalia

Bachanalia (ca. 1655 – 1660)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
A Merry Company

A Merry Company (about 1644)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik

The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik (1650-1651)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Bacchantenzug (Triumph des Bacchus)

Bacchantenzug (Triumph des Bacchus)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Jesus Driving The Merchants From The Temple

Jesus Driving The Merchants From The Temple (1645-50)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Study of an old man with clasped hands

Study of an old man with clasped hands (circa 1621)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Study of a Young Girl Drinking from a Glass

Study of a Young Girl Drinking from a Glass (ca. 1640–45)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
The Flight Of Lot And His Family From Sodom

The Flight Of Lot And His Family From Sodom

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
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