The Bean King
Jacob Jordaens · 1640
Why it's great
A big, jolly family and their friends crowd around a table to celebrate Twelfth Night, with a man in a paper crown shouting 'The king drinks!' Jacob Jordaens painted it in about 1640, and the person who got the bean in their cake was king for the night.
Where to see it
📍 Kunsthistorisches MuseumInnere Stadt, Austria
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Jacob Jordaens was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp in 1593 who lived there all his life. He worked alongside Rubens and became famous for lively scenes with big, rosy figures, including feasts and proverbs. He died in Antwerp in 1678.
