Jacob Jordaens: 110 Masterpieces (Annotated Masterpieces)

by Maria Tsaneva

Jacob Jordaens 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. Like Rubens, Jordaens painted altarpieces, mythological, and allegorical scenes, and after 1640-the year Rubens died-he was the most important painter in Antwerp for large-scale commissions and the status of his patrons increased in general. However, he is best known today for his numerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505836700
• ISBN13: 9781505836707
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"