{"id":2990,"date":"2024-06-19T15:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubens-antwerpen.be\/home\/south\/reynderstraat\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:31:48","slug":"reynderstraat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rubens-antwerpen.be\/en\/home\/south\/reynderstraat\/","title":{"rendered":"Reyndersstraat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Reyndersstraat 6 \/ Hoogstraat: House of Jacques Jordaens<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Route South: enter Reyndersstraat 6. Accessible from Thursday to Sunday, 13:00 to 21:00 hrs.
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In 1659, for taxing purposes, Jordaens\u2019s housing complex was valued at 13 hearths, say 13 workers\u2019 houses. It was also estimated to have an annual rental value of 450 guilders, which \u2013 if it were happening today \u2011 would amount to up to 36 000 euros.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Successful master painters could acquire a fortune, if they got the opportunity to create large artefacts for important clients (and get paid). The evidence is right in front of you.<\/p>\n

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You can find the birthplace of Jordaens, called \u2018the Paradise\u2019, around the corner to the right, at nr. 13 Hoogstraat (literally: High Street). The plaque reads: born May 19, 1593. He lived there at least until 1634. After he had married Catherine at the age of 25 (May 15, 1616) he also let his father-in-law and teacher Adam Van Noort live in his house.<\/p>\n

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Not long after his marriage, Jordaens acquired the back quarters at Hoogstraat and Reyndersstraat. About twenty years later, in 1639, the artist bought the current house number Hoogstraat 43. He merged the buildings and\u00a0\u2013\u00a0just like Rubens did, turned the complex into a baroque city palace.<\/p>\n

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From this entrance, you can still see the original structure. To the left, you notice the brick part of the oldest annex (1618). The part in front of you, facing north, would be perfect for its plain natural lighting. The new baroque wings attract more attention. At your right hand side, you can see the rear side of the building on Hoogstraat. The simple design of the windows make the gate, the balcony and the decorated pediment stand out even more.<\/p>\n

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Jordaens\u2019s original ceiling paintings, depicting the twelve scenes of the Zodiac, can now be seen in Paris, in the library of the French Senate. A locally well known private collection, the Phoebus Foundation, possesses a similar mythological thematic series about Amor and Psych\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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To your left again: this baroque fa\u00e7ade from 1640 more or less mirrors the west fa\u00e7ade, but it gets more sunlight! The memorial stone at the entrance outlines the later history of the building. But on the whole, what you see here, is authentic.<\/p>\n

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The history of these dwellings rises from the shadows of the past like a story of today about land rights, servitudes, or common walls with the houses next door. This was especially important; a building permit meant you had a good relationship with the neighbours.<\/p>\n

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Jordaens\u2019s real estate wealth was also the result of an inheritance from his father-in-law; eight houses had been divided between Adam Van Noort\u2019s daughters.<\/p>\n

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But also in his profession, Jordaens had no reason to complain. Even more so after Rubens\u2019 death (1640). We quote an English source from that time:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo as Jordaens remaynes [as] prime painter here<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Jordaens was also successful abroad. He started working for wealthy merchants in Amsterdam, then he became responsible for the decorations of their town hall on Dam Square, where they can still be admired today. He received 3000 guilders for three paintings (stretching from 1661 to 1666).<\/p>\n

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Previously, he had already painted \u2018The triumph of Frederik Hendrik<\/em>\u2019. This was the deceased stadt\u00adholder of Orange-Nassau in Holland. We don\u2019t know how much Jordaens received for that work. But it is a massive painting, which today still hangs in the royal residence of Huis Ten Bosch, in The Hague. Jordaens complained that he couldn\u2019t oversee his own work as a whole with it\u2019s dimensions of 7,3 metres by 7,5 metres! His studio was too small for that.<\/p>\n

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And so, over a period of time, Jordaens came to belong to the 400 richest citizens of Antwerp.<\/p>\n

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But, what did he look like? Let\u2019s salute him at his statue.<\/p>\n

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Route South: continue in Reyndersstraat, turn left into Hoogstraat, beyond number 43, you reach the small park called Oever<\/a> (Riverside).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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