Jacob Jordaens
The Flight into Egypt
About this artwork
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artist:Jacob JordaensFlemish (1593 - 1678)
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title:The Flight into Egypt
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date created:About 1652
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materials:Black and red chalk, brush and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
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measurements:24.90 x 17.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 1666
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Jacob Jordaens
Jacob Jordaens
After Rubens’s death in 1640, Jordaens succeeded him as the leading artist in Antwerp. Jordaens had collaborated with Rubens as an independent assistant on several projects, and they shared the same master in Antwerp, Adam van Noort. Jordaens married Van Noort’s daughter in 1616. His paintings...
