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

Pieter Bruegel II (1564 - 1638)
Pieter Bruegel II
1564 - 1638
Kurt Lewy (1898 - 1963)
Kurt Lewy
1898 - 1963
Lucas van Uden (1595 - 1672)
Lucas van Uden
1595 - 1672
Jan Mandijn (1500 - 1560)
Jan Mandijn
1500 - 1560
Marc Mendelson (1915 - 2013)
Marc Mendelson
1915 - 2013
Pieter Oyens (1842 - 1894)
Pieter Oyens
1842 - 1894
Armand Apol (1879 - 1950)
Armand Apol
1879 - 1950
Joseph Quinaux (1822 - 1895)
Joseph Quinaux
1822 - 1895
Piet Verhaert (1852 - 1908)
Piet Verhaert
1852 - 1908
Martine Franck (1938 - 2012)
Martine Franck
1938 - 2012
Louis Dubois (1830 - 1880)
Louis Dubois
1830 - 1880
Jules Victor Genisson (1805 - 1860)
Jules Victor Genisson
1805 - 1860
Gerhard von Graevenitz (1934 - 1983)
Gerhard von Graevenitz
1934 - 1983
Peeter Sion (1624 - 1695)
Peeter Sion
1624 - 1695
Jean-Joseph Delvin (1853 - 1922)
Jean-Joseph Delvin
1853 - 1922
Emile van Doren (1865 - 1949)
Emile van Doren
1865 - 1949

Creators Baroque

Wolfgang Heimbach (1620 - 1678)
Wolfgang Heimbach
1620 - 1678
Giuseppe Zola (1672 - 1743)
Giuseppe Zola
1672 - 1743
Antonio Francesco Peruzzini (Perugino) (1643 - 1724)
Antonio Francesco Peruzzini (Perugino)
1643 - 1724
Francisco Risi (1608 - 1685)
Francisco Risi
1608 - 1685
Joseph Parry (1744 - 1826)
Joseph Parry
1744 - 1826
Philipp Kilian (1628 - 1693)
Philipp Kilian
1628 - 1693
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606 - 1684)
Jan Davidsz. de Heem
1606 - 1684
Livio Mehus (1630 - 1691)
Livio Mehus
1630 - 1691
Jacob Campo Weyerman (1677 - 1747)
Jacob Campo Weyerman
1677 - 1747
Giovanni Francesco Venturini (1650 - 1710)
Giovanni Francesco Venturini
1650 - 1710
Jakob Bogdani (1658 - 1724)
Jakob Bogdani
1658 - 1724
Simon de Vos (1603 - 1676)
Simon de Vos
1603 - 1676
Tomas Hiepes (1595 - 1674)
Tomas Hiepes
1595 - 1674
René Dubois (1737 - 1799)
René Dubois
1737 - 1799
Bartolomeo Nazari (1693 - 1758)
Bartolomeo Nazari
1693 - 1758
Dionigi Valesi (1730 - 1780)
Dionigi Valesi
1730 - 1780
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