Brief Biography-Jacob Jordaens was born in Antwerp in 1593, where he spent the entirety of his life. He was a student of Adam van Noort as was Rubens. Jordaens married the daughter of Noort, a marriage that prevented him from visiting Italy as his contemporaries did. Fortunately, Rubens contracted him to assist him with commissions for the king of Spain. Jordaens also designed tapestries, and he took inspiration from Caravaggio, Titian and Veronese's paintings but became a devout disciple of Rubens. When Rubens died, Jordaens finished his commissions for the king. His paintings are associated today with revelry genre scenes, The King Drinks being his most famous. Still, he always painted religious works, particularly in his later years when he and his daughter converted to Calvinism. After that, his subjects became more serious. The King of Sweden, Charles I of England and Princess Amelia of Orange were only some of the many patrons he acquired when he became the leading artist in Flanders after Rubens. His most prestigious commission was The Triumph of Frederick Hendrik, painted for the royal villa near The Hague, the Huis ten Bosch. Today one can view many of his works in Brussel.