Jacob Jordaens
The Adoration of the Shepherds
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About this artwork
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artist:Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678) Flemish
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title:The Adoration of the Shepherds
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date created:About 1630 - 1640
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materials:Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
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measurements:18.70 x 26.00 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 22
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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...