Jacob jordaens

Jacob Jordaens (Jacques Jordaens), Antwerpen 1593 - 1678 Die Versuchung der Magdalena /The Temptation of the Magdalene (ca. 1616/17) The Art Institute of Chigago Here an angel supports Saint Mary Magdalene as she ponders whether or not to resist the wordly temptations of gold and jewels offered by an aged procuress. In this early work, Jacob Jordaens had already developed his own rich version of Caraveggesque realism as practiced in Antwerp shortly after 1610 by his older contemporaries…

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Jacob Jordaens King of the Dinner scene (next to Jan Steen)

Mercury Takes Bacchus to be Brought up by Nymphs - 1638 - Laurent de La Hyre

Assistant Curator Adam Eaker explores a recently conserved work by Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens that is on loan to The Met through December 16, 2016.

Crowned with wheat, as goddess of the Earth, Ceres holds a horn filled with fruit, a symbol of the abundance and fertility that characterizes her. She receives homage from a group of peasants, who bear an offering of the products they receive from the earth they farm.

Jacob Jordaens, Lamentation, 1650.