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Bacchus by Jacob Jordaens

Bacchus

Jacob Jordaens · 1601

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Artist
Jacob Jordaens
Date
1601
Location
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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THE ARTIST

Jacob Jordaens

1593–1678 · Spanish Netherlands

Jacob Jordaens, a prolific Flemish Baroque painter, became Antwerp's leading artist after Rubens and van Dyck, despite never traveling to Italy.

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The Fall of the Giants The Fall of the Giants 1663 · Art Institute of Chicago An Allegory of Fruitfulness An Allegory of Fruitfulness 1620 · Wallace Collection
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