The Bean King3 Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)
Jacob Jordaens – The Bean King3
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Painter: Jacob Jordaens
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The Baroque artist Jacob Jordaens became a highly sought-after artistic master even during his lifetime. He was remarkable for his amazing creativity - more than 700 canvases have remained in the heritage of world culture. Life in Flemish enjoyed the painter’s unfailing interest, especially the moments of celebration by the common people. "The Bean King" of 1638 is a painting with an amazing backstory.
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The Baroque artist Jacob Jordaens became a highly sought-after artistic master even during his lifetime. He was remarkable for his amazing creativity - more than 700 canvases have remained in the heritage of world culture. Life in Flemish enjoyed the painter’s unfailing interest, especially the moments of celebration by the common people.
"The Bean King" of 1638 is a painting with an amazing backstory. The local people had a tradition - to celebrate a religious holiday in a special way. On the eve of January 6 here gathered lavish feasts, at which by lottery was raffled off for the honorary seat of the king. The king could choose a queen from among those present and appoint the rest of the entourage: various ministers and a jester.
The party chief was chosen with the help of a bean, which was put in the dough before dinner, and whoever got the pie with the cherished grain won. The bean was chosen for a reason: it symbolized the guiding star of Bethlehem, which led the Magi to Christ. Such a tradition amused and entertained the common people, and at the same time relieved some of the tension with respect to authority figures.
Jordaens paints the moment when the guests are already tipsy and in the rhythm of a single mood they indulge in self-forgetful merriment. At the center of the composition is the chosen bean king. He is surrounded by loyal "subjects": women and men of different ages. The peculiarity of these paintings is the constant presence of children and animals.
This is the unity and generality of the people: an elderly lady in the background smiling approvingly and reservedly; the musician beside her forgotten in a groggy doze; a sitting mother with a baby completely forgotten about the languishing baby on her lap; on the left a middle-aged woman gives wine to her little daughter, as if unnoticed. The implements of the meal and raised glasses complete the atmosphere of the painting.
In a loose manner, the painter showed a warm and cheerful scene of life of his compatriots.
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