Allegory of Art — Jacob Jordaens

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Artist: Jacob Jordaens
Date: 1601
Location: National Museum in Warsaw

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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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Further Works by Jordaens

The Fall of the Giants 1663 · Art Institute of Chicago

An Allegory of Fruitfulness 1620 · Wallace Collection

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Same era · 1580s–1610s The Feast in the House of Simon El Greco · 1600 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1580s–1610s The Capture of Samson Peter Paul Rubens · 1609 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1580s–1610s Flower Arrangements Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1595 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1580s–1610s The Feast in the House of Simon El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop · 1608 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1580s–1610s Winter Landscape with Snowfall near Antwerp Jan Brueghel the Elder · 1610

Same era · 1580s–1610s The Calling of Saint Matthew Hendrick ter Brugghen · 1609 · Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Same era · 1580s–1610s Merrymakers at Shrovetide Frans Hals · 1610 · Metropolitan Museum of Art