1593 - 1678
Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings and portraits. After the death of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he became the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Jordaens has received more than 232,220 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Jacob Jordaens is the 158th most popular painter (up from 162nd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Painter.
Jacob Jordaens is most famous for his paintings of mythological and biblical scenes.
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Among painters, Jacob Jordaens ranks 158 out of 1,421. Before him are Gentile Bellini, William Hogarth, Jacob van Ruisdael, Antonello da Messina, Maurice Utrillo, and Frédéric Bazille. After him are Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Boudin, James Ensor, Giulio Romano, Johannes Itten, and Han van Meegeren.
1429 - 1507
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Rank: 152
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
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1628 - 1682
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1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 155
1883 - 1955
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 156
1841 - 1870
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 157
1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 158
1824 - 1904
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 159
1824 - 1898
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 160
1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 161
1499 - 1546
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 162
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 163
1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1593, Jacob Jordaens ranks 3. Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi and Georges de La Tour. After him are Mumtaz Mahal, Toyotomi Hideyori, Matthäus Merian, George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, and George Herbert. Among people deceased in 1678, Jacob Jordaens ranks 1. After him are Jan Brueghel the Younger, Wu Sangui, Anna Maria van Schurman, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, François Pierre La Varenne, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karel Dujardin, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Antoine III de Gramont, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, and Caesar van Everdingen.
1593 - 1653
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1593 - 1652
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1593 - 1678
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1593 - 1631
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Rank: 4
1593 - 1615
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1593 - 1650
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1593 - 1648
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1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 8
1593 - 1657
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 9
1593 - 1629
HPI: 56.58
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1593 - 1645
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Rank: 11
1593 - 1633
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Rank: 12
1593 - 1678
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1601 - 1678
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1612 - 1678
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1607 - 1678
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1627 - 1678
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1618 - 1678
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1630 - 1678
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1622 - 1678
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1639 - 1678
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1604 - 1678
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1606 - 1678
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1616 - 1678
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Among people born in Belgium, Jacob Jordaens ranks 61 out of 1,019. Before him are Léon Degrelle (1906), Django Reinhardt (1910), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Pepin of Landen (585), Julio Cortázar (1914), and Agnès Varda (1928). After him are John of Gaunt (1340), James Ensor (1860), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Father Damien (1840), and Petrus Christus (1410).
1906 - 1994
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1910 - 1953
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1440 - 1482
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585 - 640
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1914 - 1984
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1928 - 2019
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1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.23
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1340 - 1399
HPI: 67.14
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1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 63
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.06
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1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
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1840 - 1889
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1410 - 1475
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Among painters born in Belgium, Jacob Jordaens ranks 9. Before him are Anthony van Dyck (1599), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Frans Hals (1582), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), and Hugo van der Goes (1440). After him are James Ensor (1860), Petrus Christus (1410), Quentin Matsys (1466), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), and Pieter Claesz (1596).
1599 - 1641
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Rank: 3
1390 - 1464
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1582 - 1666
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1564 - 1636
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1568 - 1625
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1440 - 1482
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 8
1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 9
1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 10
1410 - 1475
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1466 - 1530
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 12
1366 - 1426
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 13
1601 - 1678
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 14
1596 - 1660
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 15