Jacob Jordaens

(1593–1678) flamländsk målare under barocken

Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jacob Jordaens belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacob Jordaens was born in Antwerp and died in Antwerp. Jacob Jordaens studied under Adam van Noort. Jacob Jordaens worked in Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Putte. Wikidata associates Jacob Jordaens with Flemish Baroque painting and Baroque. Jacob Jordaens became a member of Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Johann Ulrich Mayr.

The best-known works include ‘The Abduction of Europa’, ‘Prometheus Bound’, ‘Mercury and Argus’, and ‘The Bagpipe Player’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, history painting, and religious painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Jacob Jordaens with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1700. Works by Jacob Jordaens are held by several collections, among them Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, Museo del Prado, Département des peintures du Louvre, and Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien. Wikidata links 7 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan van de Velde II, François de Nomé, Louis Le Nain, Matthäus Merian den äldre, and Georges de La Tour.

• The Baroque
• The Abduction of Europa
• The King Drinks
• The Bean King
• Cleopatra's Feast
• Självporträtt
• The Four Evangelists
• Kung Kandaules av Lydien visar sin gemål för Gyges
• Moses and His Ethiopian Wife Zipporah
• Mercury and Argus
• The Bean king
• Apollo as Victor over Pan
• Self-portrait
• Miraculous Draught of Fish