Hans III Jordaens

Hans III Jordaens (1590 – 1643), was a Flemish Baroque painter.

For other people with the same name, see Hans Jordaens (disambiguation).
Interior of an Art Gallery, with the gallery by Jordaens and figures by Cornelis de Baellieur, ca. 1630.

Biography

According to the RKD his birth year and place is uncertain. He could have been born in Delft as a son of Hans Jordaens, or he may have been born in Antwerp as a relative of Jacob Jordaens. He painted historical allegories, interiors, animals, and art galleries.[1] He also painted staffage for Abraham Govaerts.[1] His works are often confused with works of other painters by the same name.

According to Houbraken, the widow of the lawyer Nicolaas Muys van Holy (1653/54-1717) owned a painting by him of the Pharaoh's army crossing the red sea and drowning with horses and wagons. Houbraken confused him with the painter Hans IV Jordaens of Delft.[2]

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References
  1. Hans Jordaens in the RKD
  2. (in Dutch) Hans Jordaens Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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