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

Frans van Stampart (1675 - 1750)
Frans van Stampart
1675 - 1750
Frans Hens (1856 - 1928)
Frans Hens
1856 - 1928
 Gustave Franciscus de Smet (1877 - 1943)
Gustave Franciscus de Smet
1877 - 1943
Firmin Balthazar Verhevick (1874 - 1962)
Firmin Balthazar Verhevick
1874 - 1962
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (1669 - 1728)
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit
1669 - 1728
Adriaan Jozef Heymans (1839 - 1921)
Adriaan Jozef Heymans
1839 - 1921
Albert Baertsoen (1866 - 1922)
Albert Baertsoen
1866 - 1922
Piet Verhaert (1852 - 1908)
Piet Verhaert
1852 - 1908
Isidore Verheyden (1846 - 1905)
Isidore Verheyden
1846 - 1905
Franz Vinck (1827 - 1903)
Franz Vinck
1827 - 1903
Marthe Donas (1885 - 1967)
Marthe Donas
1885 - 1967
Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt (1757 - 1813)
Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt
1757 - 1813
Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny (1815 - 1894)
Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny
1815 - 1894
Kool Koor (1963)
Kool Koor
1963
Charles Subr (1821 - 1895)
Charles Subr
1821 - 1895
Pieter van Bloemen (1657 - 1720)
Pieter van Bloemen
1657 - 1720

Creators Baroque

Pierre Subleyras (1699 - 1749)
Pierre Subleyras
1699 - 1749
Pierre Dumonstier I (1540 - 1625)
Pierre Dumonstier I
1540 - 1625
Giovanni Carlo Aliberti (1662 - 1727)
Giovanni Carlo Aliberti
1662 - 1727
Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667)
Alonso Cano
1601 - 1667
Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770)
Francis Cotes
1726 - 1770
Pietro della Vecchia (1603 - 1678)
Pietro della Vecchia
1603 - 1678
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675 - 1741)
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
1675 - 1741
Guillaume Chasteau (1635 - 1683)
Guillaume Chasteau
1635 - 1683
Jan De Bisschop (1628 - 1671)
Jan De Bisschop
1628 - 1671
Francesco Simonini (1686 - 1753)
Francesco Simonini
1686 - 1753
Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang (1660 - 1736)
Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang
1660 - 1736
Pietro Testa (1611 - 1650)
Pietro Testa
1611 - 1650
Marcantonio Franceschini (1648 - 1729)
Marcantonio Franceschini
1648 - 1729
Cornelis Saftleven (1607 - 1681)
Cornelis Saftleven
1607 - 1681
Camillo Rusconi (1658 - 1728)
Camillo Rusconi
1658 - 1728
Pieter Hermansz. Verelst (1618 - 1678)
Pieter Hermansz. Verelst
1618 - 1678
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