Opening of the exhibition “Russian Jordaens. Paintings and Drawings by Jacob Jordaens from Russian Collections” at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Jacob Jordaens is one of the most significant painters of the Flemish school along with Rubens and Van Dyck. The works by the artist being presented in Moscow include 10 paintings and 26 drawings from the stocks of the Hermitage. Both exhibitions reflect the interest there is in Russia in the oeuvre of this master, acquainting visitors with the main stages in his creative biography and the evolution of his style. The majority of the works featured found their way to Russia as early as the second half of the 18th century and come from some of the finest European collections of that period. The exhibition contains almost all the works by Jordaens now in Russian museums: the State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum, the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum and the Perm State Art Gallery. One of the artist’s pictures has been provided by the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg. The 18 paintings and 31 drawings on show reflect the main stages in the master’s artistic biography, the variety of art forms and genres in which he worked, and the evolution of his style.