Venus and Amor
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Jacob de Backer
Flemish1545–1592
About
Jacob de Backer was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has been attributed to him. Art historians are not agreed on how many of these works are autograph or the product of a workshop. The works attributed to the artist or his workshop are executed in a late-Mannerist style clearly influenced by Italian models.
Notable works
Superbia
at Museo di Capodimonte
Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen
at J. Paul Getty Museum
The Garden of Eden
at Groeningemuseum
The Crucifixion (left wing), The Prophecy of the Recovery of Hezekiah (central panel), Abbot Jacob Delrio with Patron Saint (right wing), The Raising of Lazarus (grisaille, back side of the outer wings)
at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
The Last Judgment
at National Museum in Warsaw
Allegory of Christian patience with Chronos releasing her from the shackles
at National Museum in Warsaw
Venus, Bacchus, Ceres, Amor + Satyr
at Louvre Museum
Works in the collection
8 works
Venus and Amor
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Superbia
at Museo di Capodimonte
Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen
at J. Paul Getty Museum
The Garden of Eden
at Groeningemuseum
The Crucifixion (left wing), The Prophecy of the Recovery of Hezekiah (central panel), Abbot Jacob Delrio with Patron Saint (right wing), The Raising of Lazarus (grisaille, back side of the outer wings)
at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
The Last Judgment
at National Museum in Warsaw
Allegory of Christian patience with Chronos releasing her from the shackles
at National Museum in Warsaw
Venus, Bacchus, Ceres, Amor + Satyr
at Louvre Museum
More by Jacob de Backer in institutions
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Groeningemuseum
Bruges, Belgium
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Ghent, Belgium
Museo di Capodimonte
Naples, Italy
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
