Like Rubens, Jordaens studied for at least 8 years... Lot 70

Like Rubens, Jordaens studied for at least 8 years with teacher Adam van Noort. Later, in 1616, Jordaens even married the eldest daughter Catharina van Noort, with whom he had three children. Jacob Jordaens was, alongside Peter Paul Ruben and Anthonius van Dyck, one of the most important Flemish baroque painters who shaped the Antwerp school in the 17th century. Jordaens is best known for his many religious altarpieces, themes of mythology from monumental large formats. Portraits of him are also known, which seem to have a small number in terms of numbers and have not yet been properly explored. All the more important is this painting by a young married couple that can often be found in quarto format in Jacob Jordaens' portraits. Jordaens masterfully staged the couple in a happy mood with a music book in front of a palace building with procata hangings and a view of the park. Here the master reduces his otherwise very spirited brushstroke and strong color tone, in favor of the individual physionomy of the character of the two depicted personalities and the color-related, image-dominating black clothing of the couple