Jacob Jordaens

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Name:	Jacob Jordaens
Birth Date:	1593
Death Date:	1678
Place of Birth:	Antwerp, Belgium
Place of Death:	Putte
Nationality:	Flemish
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	painter

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Biography of Jacob Jordaens
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Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) was a Flemish painter of prodigious energy and lively imagination. He is one of the outstanding masters of the school of Antwerp. Jacob Jordaens was born in Antwerp. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to Adam van Noort, who...

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Jacob Jordaens (May 19, 1593 - October 18, 1678), was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to...

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Jacob Jordaens

About 23 pages (6,993 words) in 3 products