Jacob Jordaens, who had been working in the workshop of his contemporary and idol Peter Paul Rubens for a short time, had the reputation to be the greatest Baroque painters of Flanders besides the latter and Anthonis van Dyck.
Born on May 19, 1593 in Antwerp.
Died on October 18, 1678 in Antwerp.
Jacob Jordaens's early work still showed very Mannerist-like traits. From 1617, he began to deal with the works of Caravaggio, Bassano and his fellow painter Peter Paul Rubens, in whose workshop he worked 1618/1619. The paintings of the convinced Calvinist Jacob Jordaens, which are full of blazing vitality, were highly sought after by Philipp IV and both, in his home country and abroad. In addition to large history paintings, he also preferred folk-style scenes and allegories, which with their moral content almost fall under the concept of genre pictures. In his later work, Jacob Jordaens decreased the great emotion of his spacious picture compositions of the 1620s a little and changed towards a rather dry style with weaker colors. |
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Oil Paintings