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Jacob Jordaens
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Fan account of Jacob Jordaens, a Flemish painter, and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits.
1593-1678
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Portrait of the wife of Johan Wierts https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/portrait-of-the-wife-of-johan-wierts-1635
Portrait of the wife of Johan Wierts
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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An Apostle https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/an-apostle
An Apostle
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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The Holy Family with Shepherds https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436798
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Usury is a great evil https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/usury-is-a-great-evil-1645
Usury is a great evil
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The Peasants and the Satyr https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-peasants-and-the-satyr
The Peasants and the Satyr
December 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Bust of Satyr https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/bust-of-satyr-1621
Bust of Satyr
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The Temptation of the Magdalene https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111613/
Here an angel supports Saint Mary Magdalene as she ponders whether or not to resist the worldly temptations of gold and jewels offered by an aged procuress. In this early work, Jacob Jordaens had already developed his own rich version of Caraveggesque realism as practiced in Antwerp shortly after 1610 by his older contemporaries Peter Paul Rubens and Abraham Janssens. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; anonymous gift in honor of Kate and Morris Kaplan
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Dorcas Raised From the Dead by Saint Peter https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459296
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The Bean King https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-bean-king-1
The Bean King
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The Judgement of Midas https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-judgement-of-midas-1
The Judgement of Midas
December 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Meleager and Atalanta https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/meleager-and-atalanta-1618
Meleager and Atalanta
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Study of the head of Abraham Grapheus https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/study-of-the-head-of-abraham-grapheus-1621
Study of the head of Abraham Grapheus
December 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The Bean King https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-bean-king
The Bean King
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish. Also called "The Ferry Boat to Antwerp" https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020903/KMS3198.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish. Also called "The Ferry Boat to Antwerp"
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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The Martyrdom of St. Apollonia https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-martyrdom-of-st-apollonia-1628
The Martyrdom of St. Apollonia
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Pieta https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/pieta
Pieta
December 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Job https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/job
Job
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The Miracle of the Obol in the Mouth of the Fish https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-miracle-of-the-obol-in-the-mouth-of-the-fish
The Miracle of the Obol in the Mouth of the Fish
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The Holy Family with St. Anne, The Young Baptist, and his Parents https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-holy-family-with-st-anne-the-young-baptist-and-his-parents
The Holy Family with St. Anne, The Young Baptist, and his Parents
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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The Four Evangelists https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/the-four-evangelists
The Four Evangelists
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Sleep of Antiope https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/sleep-of-antiope
Sleep of Antiope
December 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Homage to Pomona https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/homage-to-pomona-1616
December 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Satyr and Peasant https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/satyr-and-peasant-1620-1
Satyr and Peasant
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Head of an Old Woman https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-jordaens/head-of-an-old-woman
Head of an Old Woman
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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The Holy Family http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18772&viewType=detailView
Jordaens’ down-to-earth rendering of the Holy Family embraces the most intimate qualities of Caravaggism. The lit candle held by a maidservant is supplemented by the light from the unseen fireplace at which Joseph warms his hands, situating the genre-like scene in the heart of winter, the season in which Jesus was born. Standing upright on Mary’s lap, the realistically portrayed Christ Child seeks the viewer’s attention, as if beckoning us to approach and join in the adoration. With motherly pride Mary presents Jesus. The knife in his right hand alludes to the Circumcision, the first occasion on which the Redeemer’s blood was shed for our sins, intended to encourage meditation on the Passion. Details of the iconography are derived from the visions of St Bridget of Sweden, who described the newborn Christ Child as the source of a bright supernatural light. Jordaens concretises this divine radiance emanating from the body of Jesus – “the light of the world” – as an unusually intense reflected light from the flame of the candle.
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM