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Jacob Jordaens

Nationality
Flemish
Birth/Death
1593-1678

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Work of Art

The Virgin and Child with St. John and His Parents

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Artwork by Jacob Jordaens
Work of Art
The Virgin and Child with St. John and His Parents

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A prominent Baroque artist, Jacob Jordaens is remembered for his mythological and allegorical scenes, religious paintings, scenes of daily life, and portraits. His robust figures show his interest in chiaroscuro (the contrast between light and shade in art) and the influence of artist Peter Paul Rubens.

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Jacques "Jacob" Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings and portraits. After the death of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he became the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his time. Unlike those illustrious contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study the Antique and Italian painting and, except for a few short trips to locations elsewhere in the Low Countries, he resided in Antwerp his entire life. He also remained largely indifferent to Rubens and van Dyck's intellectual and courtly aspirations. He expressed this attitude in his art by avoiding idealistic treatment of his subject in contrast to these contemporaries. His principal patrons were the wealthy bourgeoisie and local churches. Only late in his career did he receive royal…