Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678) - photo 1

Jacob Jordaens

Jacob 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 elsewhere 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.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:19 may 1593, Antwerp, Belgium
Date and place of death:18 october 1678, Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality:Belgium, The Netherlands
Period of activity: XVII century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:Flemish School
Genre:Allegory, Genre art, History painting, Mythological painting, Portrait, Religious genre
Art style:Baroque

Creators Belgium

Firmin Balthazar Verhevick (1874 - 1962)
Firmin Balthazar Verhevick
1874 - 1962
Jules Victor Genisson (1805 - 1860)
Jules Victor Genisson
1805 - 1860
Edmond de Schampheleer (1824 - 1899)
Edmond de Schampheleer
1824 - 1899
Gerhard August Schneider (1842 - 1873)
Gerhard August Schneider
1842 - 1873
Hendrik de Cort (1742 - 1810)
Hendrik de Cort
1742 - 1810
Edmond Jean-Baptiste Tschaggeny (1818 - 1873)
Edmond Jean-Baptiste Tschaggeny
1818 - 1873
Félix Labisse (1905 - 1982)
Félix Labisse
1905 - 1982
Leonid Frechkop (1897 - 1982)
Leonid Frechkop
1897 - 1982
Cornelis Meyssens (1640 - 1673)
Cornelis Meyssens
1640 - 1673
Henry Schouten (1864 - 1927)
Henry Schouten
1864 - 1927
Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (Serge) (1890 - 1947)
Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (Serge)
1890 - 1947
Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Anthony van Dyck
1599 - 1641
Jan Vercuysse (1948 - 2018)
Jan Vercuysse
1948 - 2018
Constant Guillaume Claes (1826 - 1905)
Constant Guillaume Claes
1826 - 1905
Casparis Haanen (1778 - 1849)
Casparis Haanen
1778 - 1849
Herri met de Bles (1510 - 1555)
Herri met de Bles
1510 - 1555

Creators Baroque

George William Sartorius (1759 - 1828)
George William Sartorius
1759 - 1828
Jean Leclerc (1587 - 1633)
Jean Leclerc
1587 - 1633
John Heaviside Clark (1771 - 1863)
John Heaviside Clark
1771 - 1863
Bonaventura Peeters I (1614 - 1652)
Bonaventura Peeters I
1614 - 1652
Giovanni Coli (1636 - 1691)
Giovanni Coli
1636 - 1691
Govert (Govaert) Flinck (1615 - 1660)
Govert (Govaert) Flinck
1615 - 1660
Antonio Palomino (1655 - 1726)
Antonio Palomino
1655 - 1726
Peter Lely (1618 - 1680)
Peter Lely
1618 - 1680
Ludwig Neureuther (1774 - 1832)
Ludwig Neureuther
1774 - 1832
Johann Georg Waxschlunger (XVII century - 1737)
Johann Georg Waxschlunger
XVII century - 1737
Filippo Abbiati (1640 - 1715)
Filippo Abbiati
1640 - 1715
Anton Domenico Gabbiani (1652 - 1726)
Anton Domenico Gabbiani
1652 - 1726
Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot (1586 - 1666)
Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot
1586 - 1666
Jacques Fouquières (1580 - 1659)
Jacques Fouquières
1580 - 1659
Jan Griffier II (1688 - 1750)
Jan Griffier II
1688 - 1750
Jan Jansz den Uyl (1595 - 1639)
Jan Jansz den Uyl
1595 - 1639
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