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

Joos van Cleve (1485 - 1540)
Joos van Cleve
1485 - 1540
Pieter Bout (1658 - 1719)
Pieter Bout
1658 - 1719
Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776)
Balthasar Beschey
1708 - 1776
Dieric Bouts (1410 - 1475)
Dieric Bouts
1410 - 1475
Hermann Courtens (1884 - 1956)
Hermann Courtens
1884 - 1956
Pierre Dubreuil (1872 - 1945)
Pierre Dubreuil
1872 - 1945
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644 - 1719)
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns
1644 - 1719
Henry van de Velde (1863 - 1957)
Henry van de Velde
1863 - 1957
Guglielmo Borremans (1672 - 1744)
Guglielmo Borremans
1672 - 1744
Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt (1786 - 1840)
Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt
1786 - 1840
Petrus van Schendel (1806 - 1870)
Petrus van Schendel
1806 - 1870
Jan Antoon Neuhuys (1832 - 1891)
Jan Antoon Neuhuys
1832 - 1891
Hans Memling (1430 - 1494)
Hans Memling
1430 - 1494
Alfred Ronner (1851 - 1901)
Alfred Ronner
1851 - 1901
Daniel Seghers (1590 - 1661)
Daniel Seghers
1590 - 1661
Luc Peire (1916 - 1994)
Luc Peire
1916 - 1994

Creators Baroque

Giacomo Antonio Ceruti (1698 - 1767)
Giacomo Antonio Ceruti
1698 - 1767
Giuseppe Marchesi (1699 - 1771)
Giuseppe Marchesi
1699 - 1771
Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton (1664 - 1750)
Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton
1664 - 1750
Michael Willmann (1630 - 1706)
Michael Willmann
1630 - 1706
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644 - 1719)
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns
1644 - 1719
Carlo Antonio Procaccini (1571 - 1630)
Carlo Antonio Procaccini
1571 - 1630
Antonio Felice Ferrari (1667 - 1720)
Antonio Felice Ferrari
1667 - 1720
Luisa Ignacia Roldán (1652 - 1706)
Luisa Ignacia Roldán
1652 - 1706
Benjamin Zix (1772 - 1811)
Benjamin Zix
1772 - 1811
Alessandro Turchi (1578 - 1649)
Alessandro Turchi
1578 - 1649
Ludolf de Jongh (1616 - 1679)
Ludolf de Jongh
1616 - 1679
Gabriël Grupello (1644 - 1730)
Gabriël Grupello
1644 - 1730
Johann Karl Loth (1632 - 1698)
Johann Karl Loth
1632 - 1698
Jacob van der Ulft (1627 - 1689)
Jacob van der Ulft
1627 - 1689
Hendrick Mommers (1623 - 1693)
Hendrick Mommers
1623 - 1693
John Robinson (1756 - 1824)
John Robinson
1756 - 1824
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