Jacob Jordaens by D'Hulst, R. A - 1982

E-134: NCROL. Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 1982. 375 pgs. Illustrated with with 64 colour and 170 black and white illustrations. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this magnificently produced volume, R. -A. D'Hulst analyzes critically Jacob Jordaen's output, including the large number of works that have recently come to light. He also clarifies which works are authentic and defines the high standards of Jordaen's artistic ability. Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day. Unlike those contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their intellectual and courtly aspirations. In fact, except for a few short trips to locations in the Low Countries, he remained in Antwerp his entire life. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries. E-134; 13.8 X 10.5 X 1.8 inches; 375 pages .