Jacob Jordaens

Self-Portrait with Parents, Brothers, and Sisters (c. 1615)

Years of life:	1593 – 1678
Artist's Teachers:	Adam van Noort, Peter Paul Rubens
Art Movement:	Baroque
Painting School:	Flemish School, Antwerp School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious , Mythology , Genre scenes
Country:	Flanders
Century:	XVII

Rubens’s assistant. Compared with Rubens, his work is less integral and harmonious, his paintings lack a single visual and emotional focus. He was much better in works where he did not touch serious subjects, his genre scenes are especially good. He created wonderful portraits. He worked a lot on commission. Made etchings, designs for tapestries. In the last twenty years of his life, he experienced a crisis.

Jacob Jordaens’s major works are The Artist and his Family in a Garden, c. 1621 (Madrid: Museo del Prado); The Four Evangelists, c. 1625 (Paris: Musée du Louvre); The Lamentation, c. 1650 (Hamburg: Kunsthalle).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Portrait of Jordaens family

1615

Portrait of Jordaens family • 1615
The Artist's Family in a Garden

1621

The Artist's Family in a Garden • 1621
The Miracle of the Obol in the Mouth of the Fish

between 1630 and 1645

The Miracle of the Obol in the Mouth of the Fish • between 1630 and 1645
Pan punished by the Nymphs

1640

Pan punished by the Nymphs • 1640
The Four Evangelists

between 1620 and 1625

The Four Evangelists • between 1620 and 1625
Abduction of Europa

1615

Abduction of Europa • 1615
Suzanna and the Elders

Suzanna and the Elders
The Judgment of Midas

The Judgment of Midas
Portrait of Magdalena de Cuyper

1636

Portrait of Magdalena de Cuyper • 1636
Adoration of the Shepherds

1617

Adoration of the Shepherds • 1617
Portrait of Catharina Behagel (1597-1666), wife of Rogier Le Witer

1635

Portrait of Catharina Behagel (1597-1666), wife of Rogier Le Witer • 1635
Odysseus in the Cave of Polyphemus

1635

Odysseus in the Cave of Polyphemus • 1635
The King Drinks

The King Drinks
Infant Jupiter Fed by the Goat Amalthea

1635

Infant Jupiter Fed by the Goat Amalthea • 1635
The Satyr and the Peasant

1620-1621

The Satyr and the Peasant • 1620-1621
Self portrait with his Family and Father-in-Law Adam van Noort

1616

Self portrait with his Family and Father-in-Law Adam van Noort • 1616
As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes

1638

As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes • 1638
Diana and Actaeon

1640

Diana and Actaeon • 1640
The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

1616

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt • 1616
Portrait of a Young Married Couple

between 1615 and 1620

Portrait of a Young Married Couple • between 1615 and 1620
An Offering to Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest

1618 - 1620

An Offering to Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest • 1618 - 1620
Satyr and Peasant

1621

Satyr and Peasant • 1621
The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man
The Satyr with the Peasants

1620

The Satyr with the Peasants • 1620
An Apostle

1623 - 1625

An Apostle • 1623 - 1625
Portrait of Elisabeth Jordaens, the artist's eldest daughter

1640

Portrait of Elisabeth Jordaens, the artist's eldest daughter • 1640
A Satyr

1630 - 1635

A Satyr • 1630 - 1635