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43534
: The Satyr and the Peasant
1651-1700
1620s
Oil on canvas
63967
Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on canvas Mauritshuis, The Hague , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , Adoration of the Shepherds , 1651-1700 , Flemish , painting , religious
7699
Adoration of the Shepherds sf
Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis, The Hague
64186
Allegory of Fertility
191 x 2261 mm Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels This sketch for the homonymous painting in the Brussels museum is fascinating in more than one respect. First of all because it allows us, so to speak, to look over the artist's shoulder during the creation process. A comparison between the drawn object and the painted composition shows us how Jordaens strongly increased the concentration of the figures in the painting. By omitting motifs from the original sketch, such as a figure looking upwards to the right of the woman with a mantle and a goat or ass on the right edge, the satyrs to the right are more closely connected with the nymphs in the middle. The painter makes the link between both groups even tighter by having the nymph's hand reach upward at the back and by reversing the position and the direction of the gaze of the crouching nude in the front. Finally the central group of women is made tighter by the removal of a flute-playing satyr in the background and of one of the children in the foreground. In a second draft sketch, conserved in the Copenhagen museum, most of the changes have already been carried out, demonstrating how the artist achieved his balanced final result not immediately but in various phases. We note that Jordaens already planned the cornucopia in his sketches, although in the final painting it was executed by Frans Snyders. The lowering of the skyline in the painting is to be attributed to a later shortening of the canvas by a foreign hand. Secondly this sketch illustrates Jordaens' preference for pen and paper as against chalk in his initial designs, unlike Rubens, who frequently opted for oil paint sketches. This concords with Jordaens' training as a "water painting painter". This technique had been developed in earlier generations, in particular in Mechelen, where it was used to produce a cheaper variant of tapestry, which was very expensive. On the one hand a drawn sketch was less good than an oil paint sketch in suggesting both the placing of the shapes and their colouring and modelling. On the other hand, it allowed an artist with a good command of ink and water to achieve a lively linear handling, a subtle chiaroscuro effect and a sense of nuance. Jordaens has taken full advantage of the possibilities of this balanced drawing technique in this sketch. , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , Allegory of Fertility , 1651-1700 , Flemish , graphics , mythological
63968
An Apostle
1623-25 OIl on oak, 68,5 x 51,5 cm National Gallery, Prague Jordaens painted a series of apostles between 1623 and 1625. The model of these characteristic heads was Abraham Grapheus, the messenger of the St Luke Guild in Antwerp. , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , An Apostle , 1651-1700 , Flemish , painting , religious
7700
An Apostle sg
1623-25
OIl on oak, 68,5 x 51,5 cm
National Gallery, Prague
7695
As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes (detail) sf
1638
Oil on canvas
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
7694
As the Old Sang the Young Play Pipes dy
1638
Oil on canvas, 192 x 120 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
7701
Assumption of the Virgin d
Oil on canvas, 280 x 178 cm
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
63940
Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple
1650 Oil on canvas, 288 x 436 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple , 1651-1700 , Flemish , painting , religious
7703
Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple zg
c. 1650
Oil on canvas, 288 x 436 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
7692
Eating Man f
Oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen, Kassel
7697
Education of Jupiter sf
Oil on panel, 61 x 75 cm
Rockox House, Antwerp
51058
Meleager and Atalanta
1618
Oil on canvas,
152 x 120 cm
32364
Nymphs at the Fountain of Love
c. 1630
Oil on canvas backed by panel, 131 x127 cm
32365
Offering to Ceres, Goddess of Harvest
1618-20
Oil on canvas, 165 x 112 cm
63971
Portrait of a Young Married Couple
1615-1620 Oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , Portrait of a Young Married Couple , 1651-1700 , Flemish , painting , portrait
7702
Portrait of a Young Married Couple dg
1615-1620
Oil on panel
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
32367
Prometheus Bound
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 245 x 178 cm
66509
Satyr and the Peasant
1st half of 17th century
Oil on canvas
174 ?? 204 cm (68.50 ?? 80.31 in)
7696
Self-portrait among Parents, Brothers and Sisters (detail) sg
c. 1615
Oil on canvas
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
63977
St Charles Cares for the Plague Victims of Milan
1655 Oil on canvas Sint-Jacobskerk, Antwerp , Artist: JORDAENS, Jacob , St Charles Cares for the Plague Victims of Milan , 1651-1700 , Flemish , painting , religious
7704
St Charles Cares for the Plague Victims of Milan s
1655
Oil on canvas
Sint-Jacobskerk, Antwerp
7690
The Bean King sf
c. 1638
Oil on canvas, 160 x 213 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
7687
The Bean King (detail) af
c. 1655
Oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
7691
The Bean King (detail) sf
c. 1638
Oil on canvas, 160 x 213 cm (full painting)
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
7686
The Bean King af
c. 1655
Oil on canvas, 242 x 300 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
7688
The Bean King f
Oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen, Kassel
7698
The Four Evangelists sg
1620-25
Oil on canvas, 133 x 118 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
7689
The King Drinks s
Oil on canvas, 156 x 210 cm
Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
7693
The King Drinks sf
1638
Oil on canvas
Mus??es Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels
20553
The Purification of the Temple (mk05)
Canvas,113 1/2 x 171 1/2''(288 x 436 cm)Acquired for Louis XV in 1751 by the intervention of the painter Natoire INV
32368
The Satyr and the Peasant
1620s
Oil on canvas