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

Paul de Vigne (1843 - 1901)
Paul de Vigne
1843 - 1901
Hendrikus Johannes Knip (1819 - 1899)
Hendrikus Johannes Knip
1819 - 1899
Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776)
Balthasar Beschey
1708 - 1776
Edouard Agneessens (1842 - 1885)
Edouard Agneessens
1842 - 1885
Jacob van Hulsdonck (1582 - 1647)
Jacob van Hulsdonck
1582 - 1647
Jan de Herdt (1620 - 1690)
Jan de Herdt
1620 - 1690
Hugo Van der Goes (1440 - 1482)
Hugo Van der Goes
1440 - 1482
Antoine Brice (1752 - 1817)
Antoine Brice
1752 - 1817
Walter Ofey (1882 - 1930)
Walter Ofey
1882 - 1930
Jean Capeinick (1838 - 1890)
Jean Capeinick
1838 - 1890
Leon Brunin (1861 - 1949)
Leon Brunin
1861 - 1949
Jozef Horenbant (1863 - 1956)
Jozef Horenbant
1863 - 1956
André Plumot (1829 - 1906)
André Plumot
1829 - 1906
Jacob Grimmer (1525 - 1590)
Jacob Grimmer
1525 - 1590
Victor Eeckhout (1821 - 1879)
Victor Eeckhout
1821 - 1879
Gustave Den Duyts (1850 - 1897)
Gustave Den Duyts
1850 - 1897

Creators Baroque

Jacob Marrel (1613 - 1681)
Jacob Marrel
1613 - 1681
Izaak Vogelsang (1688 - 1753)
Izaak Vogelsang
1688 - 1753
Charles de La Fosse (1636 - 1716)
Charles de La Fosse
1636 - 1716
Bartolomeo Nazari (1693 - 1758)
Bartolomeo Nazari
1693 - 1758
Pierre-Jérôme Lordon (1779 - 1838)
Pierre-Jérôme Lordon
1779 - 1838
Girolamo Scaglia (1620 - 1686)
Girolamo Scaglia
1620 - 1686
Christian Berentz (1658 - 1722)
Christian Berentz
1658 - 1722
Antonio Palomino (1655 - 1726)
Antonio Palomino
1655 - 1726
Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil (1750 - 1824)
Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil
1750 - 1824
Bartholomeus van Bassen (1590 - 1652)
Bartholomeus van Bassen
1590 - 1652
Giovanni Francesco Muccio (1620 - 1665)
Giovanni Francesco Muccio
1620 - 1665
Daniel Dumonstier (1574 - 1646)
Daniel Dumonstier
1574 - 1646
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708)
Romeyn de Hooghe
1645 - 1708
David Teniers I (1582 - 1649)
David Teniers I
1582 - 1649
Jacob Rotius (1644 - 1681)
Jacob Rotius
1644 - 1681
Johann Gottfried Auerbach (1697 - 1753)
Johann Gottfried Auerbach
1697 - 1753
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