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Jacob Jordaens (Jacques Jordaens), Antwerpen 1593 - 1678 Die Versuchung der Magdalena /The Temptation of the Magdalene (ca. 1616/17) The Art Institute of Chigago Here an angel supports Saint Mary Magdalene as she ponders whether or not to resist the wordly temptations of gold and jewels offered by an aged procuress. In this early work, Jacob Jordaens had already developed his own rich version of Caraveggesque realism as practiced in Antwerp shortly after 1610 by his older contemporaries…

Jacob Jordaens King of the Dinner scene (next to Jan Steen)

Antonis van Dyck / Sir Anthony van Dyck, Antwerpen 1599 - London 1641 Porträt eines Ehepaares / Portrait of a married couple (1617-18) Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest After the years studying in Rubens's workshop and a sojourn in Italy, Van Dyck settled in his native city of Antwerp and soon became one of the most popular portraitists of the wealthy bourgeoisie. For the most part he painted full-length official likenesses, or else family portraits with the sitters posed in setting of homely…

Crowned with wheat, as goddess of the Earth, Ceres holds a horn filled with fruit, a symbol of the abundance and fertility that characterizes her. She receives homage from a group of peasants, who bear an offering of the products they receive from the earth they farm.

Allegory of the Peace of Westphalia, 1654 - Jacob Jordaens

Why are we exhorted over and over, across the millenia, first by Moses and then by Jesus, to welcome strangers, treat them with compassion, even offer them healing, attending to their physical need…

Marsyas Flayed by Apollo, 1625 #jacob jordaens

The Serpent Uses its Lying Nature to Separate Humanity from God. If I have to take one biblical word and notion to describe the Serpent’s actions and behavior it would be: #Liar. And the #Bible calls the #Serpent just that. Later, we’ll see his original nature and how his character changed. #TheExplanation #theology

Jacques Jordaens