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Jacques Jordaens

Also known as: Jacques Jordaens; primary name: Jordaens, Jacob; other name: Jordaens, Jacques
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Flemish; Male
Life dates: 1593-1678
Address: Antwerp: Everdijstraat Antwerp: Hoogstraat, in 'Het Paradijs' (now no.13)
Biography: Painter, etcher and tapestry designer in Antwerp. Born in Antwerp as son of Jacob Senior and Barbara van Wolschaten. 1607-1608 pupil of Adam van Noort, whose daughter Catherina he married in 1616. 1615-1616 master in St Luke Guild; 1621 dean of the Guild. The City of Antwerp commissioned him to paint one of the triumphal arches 'Arch of Philip' (together with Cornelis de Vos) for the Entry of Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria in 1635. Worked in Rubens studio between 1637 and 1638 and became the most important painter in the Southern Netherlands after Rubens' death in 1640. Also employed by King Charles I (The Story of Cupid and Psyche, around 1640) and Queen Christina of Sweden (1648); and he made several paintings for the Town Hall in Amsterdam in 1661. He died 18 October 1678 in Antwerp. Unlike previously thought, Jordaens signed his paintings and his Dutch correspondence with the French version of his first name: 'Jacques Jordaens' (as opposed to the Dutch 'Jacob'). This is now the preferred spelling of the artist's name; see Joost Vander Auwera and Irene Schaudies (ed.), 'Jordaens and the antique', exh.cat. Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique Brussels and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, New Haven-London, 2012.
Bibliography: R.-A. d'Hulst, 'Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). I: Paintings and Tapestries; II: Drawings and Prints', 2 volumes, Brussels,1993. Hollstein (9 nos + 55 prints after) R.-A. d'Hulst, 'Jordaens Drawings', Brussels 1974 (4 vols)

144 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1891,0511.394.1-52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philipp Andreas KilianAfter:Gérard de Lairesse

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutFormerly attributed to:Adam Elsheimer |
Production date: 1653

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0218.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Lambert DoomerFormerly attributed to:Govert Flinck |
Production date: 1663

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0410.14 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir David WilkieAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1785-1841

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.133 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 After:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.9 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1640

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0708.627 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0612.199 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1934,0609.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacques JordaensFormerly attributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1612-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1959,0916.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan van RymsdykAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1783

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1074 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1873,1213.1938 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.116 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Attributed to:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.10 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1640

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.139 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacques JordaensFormerly attributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.12 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutFormerly attributed to:Adam Elsheimer |
Production date: 1653

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.228 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacques JordaensFormerly attributed to:Arnout Vinckenborch |
Production date: 1617-1620

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.252 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 After:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.62 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Attributed to:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0410.15 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jacques JordaensFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.56 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0328.3 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1075 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.268 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1635

print

Title: Iacobus Iordaens Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1948,0315.3.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5012 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: R,2.82 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Saint Martin de Tours exorcisant un possédé |
Museum number: 1883,0414.117 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensAfter:Pieter de Jode II |
Production date: 1882-1883

print

Museum number: R,2.88 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: 1978,0121.288 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: 1945,0512.20 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5006 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5013 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: R,2.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marinus van der GoesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Museum number: 1891,1013.157 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1640

print

Title: Der Bohnenkönig Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1530 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Jozsef Kovatsch |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Imperiale e reale Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1857,0411.302 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Giuseppe Marri |
Production date: 1841-1842

print

Title: Iacobus Iordaens Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: G,4.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print

Museum number: 1841,0809.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1659

print

Museum number: R,2.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas LauwersAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.829 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander Voet IIAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1650-1690

print

Title: Portrait of an old woman, after Jordaens |
Museum number: 1922,0114.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew GeddesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5016 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5010 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques JordaensPublished by:Abraham Blooteling |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5007 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: R,2.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1659

print

Museum number: 1908,0714.286 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1908

print

Museum number: 1841,0809.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630

print

Title: Adam Van Oort Image de divers hommes (1649) |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4086 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrick SnyersAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1649 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1718 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print; book-illustration

Title: Austria Iunxisti Burgunda et Belgica Iura Maxime per Thalamos Æmiliane tuos |
Museum number: 1884,0112.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1635-1641 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0112.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1635-1641 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Arcus Philippei Pars Posterior |
Museum number: 1884,0112.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1635-1641 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.710 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1640

print; book-illustration

Title: Arcus Philippei Pars Anterior |
Museum number: 1884,0112.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1635-1641 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1978,0121.289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques JordaensPublished by:Abraham Blooteling |
Production date: 1652

print

Title: Jordaens |
Museum number: 1888,0612.1180 |
Producer name: BIOG45217 Print made by:Hendrik Frans Schaefels |
Production date: 1844-1888

print

Museum number: R,2.73 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.367 |
Producer name: After:Marinus van der GoesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1614-1639

print

Title: Le roi boit Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.544 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger |
Production date: 1803-1809

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5009 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Title: Iacobus Iordaens Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1863,0725.727 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print

Title: Royal-Size Bible Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti |
Museum number: 1939,0130.1.73 |
Producer name: Published by:Claes Jansz. VisscherPublished by:Nicolaes Visscher I |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: R,2.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus NeeffsAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1645 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; album

Title: Les oeuvres de William Unger |
Museum number: 1877,1013.2490-2543 |
Producer name: Print made by:William UngerAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1874 |
Production place: Published in:Leiden

print

Museum number: 1873,1213.588 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1621

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1735

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.3202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1640

print

Title: Portrait of an old woman, after Jordaens |
Museum number: 1852,0519.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew GeddesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Title: Portrait of an old woman, after Jordaens |
Museum number: 1852,0519.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew GeddesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1800-1842

print; counterproof

Title: Portrait of an old woman, after Jordaens |
Museum number: 1852,0519.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew GeddesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Museum number: R,2.84 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Print made by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1652

print

Title: Soo D'oude Songen, Soo Pepen De Jongen |
Museum number: R,2.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1638-1659

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.1459 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Molien |
Production date: 1737-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Balthazar Gerbier and his Family The Most Capital Paintings in England |
Museum number: 1877,0811.1273 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Frederick Henry and Emilia van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4091 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van RymsdykAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Four Evangelists |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2916 |
Producer name: Print made by:John DeanAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Frederick Henry and Emilia van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4092 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van RymsdykAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Frederick Henry and Emilia van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van RymsdykAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3458 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew van RymsdykAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1768-1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Balthazar Gerbier and his Family The Most Capital Paintings in England |
Museum number: 1872,0113.782 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Satyr and the Traveller |
Museum number: 1905,1128.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.624 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marinus van der GoesAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1614-1639 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Royal-Size Bible Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti |
Museum number: 1939,0130.1.115 |
Producer name: Published by:Claes Jansz. VisscherPublished by:Nicolaes Visscher I |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Soo D'oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen |
Museum number: 1884,0412.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1638-1659

print

Museum number: 1864,0714.24 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Carlo Faucci |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1715 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelPublished by:Artaria & Co |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Museum number: 1877,0811.1009 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander Voet IIAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1650-1690

print

Museum number: R,2.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques JordaensPublished by:Abraham Blooteling |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: 1863,0808.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1735

print

Museum number: 1888,0612.1652 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 After:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Portrait de vieillard |
Museum number: 1878,0511.342 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WaltnerAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1870-1878

print

Title: Famille de Rubens Galerie Impériale de l'Ermitage |
Museum number: 1859,1008.105 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Eugène Huot |
Production date: 1845-1847

print

Title: Philemon und Baucis Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1419 |
Producer name: After:Jacques JordaensPrint made by:Paul Gleditsch |
Production date: 1821-1828

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