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JORDAENS, JACOB (1593-1678) , Flemish painter, was born and died at Antwerp. He studied, like Rubens , under Adam
marriage
home ; but a far more potent influence was exerted upon his style by Rubens
special
character of his heads, and in correctness of drawing. Not seldom he sins against good taste , and in some of his humorous pieces the coarseness is only atoned for by the animation. Of these last he seems in some cases to have painted several replicas. He employed his pencil also in biblical, mythological, historical and allegorical subjects, and is well-known as a portrait painter. He also etched some plates.See the elaborate work
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