Flemish painter, draftsman and designer of prints and tapestries (1593-1678)

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The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ. Engraving by Marinus van der Goes after J. Jordaens.

A family singing and making music around a table. Mezzotint after Jacob Jordaens.

Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew and Saint John the Evangelist. Etching by H. Guttenberg after J.C. Naigeon after J. Jordaens.

The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia. Engraving by Marinus van der Goes, 163-, after Jacob Jordaens, 1628.

A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.

A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia. Oil painting after Jacob Jordaens.

A man and a woman identified as Govaert van Surpele and Catarina Coninckx. Mezzotint by J. van Rymsdyk, 1767, after J. Jordaens.

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Jacob Jordaens

Images from the collections

Images by Jacob Jordaens

Works from the collections

A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia. Oil painting after Jacob Jordaens.

The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia. Engraving by Marinus van der Goes, 163-, after Jacob Jordaens, 1628.

A man and a woman identified as Govaert van Surpele and Catarina Coninckx. Mezzotint by J. van Rymsdyk, 1767, after J. Jordaens.

Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew and Saint John the Evangelist. Etching by H. Guttenberg after J.C. Naigeon after J. Jordaens.