Hans III Jordaens was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to the RKD his birth year and place is uncertain. He could have been born in Delft as a son of Hans Jordaens

Hans Jordaens

Hans Jordaens the Elder , was a Flemish Baroque painter whose religious works are often confused with that of other painters with the same name.-Biography:...

, or he may have been born in Antwerp as a relative of Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their...

. He painted historical allegories, interiors, animals, and art galleries. He also painted staffage for Abraham Govaerts

Abraham Govaerts

Abraham Govaerts was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in small cabinet-sized forest landscapes in the manner of Jan Brueghel the Elder and Gillis van Coninxloo. He became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1607–1608, and subsequently trained several other painters in including...

. His works are often confused with works of other painters by the same name.

According to Houbraken, the widow of the lawyer Nicolaas Muys van Holy (1653/54-1717) owned a painting by him of the Pharaoh's army crossing the red sea and drowning with horses and wagons. Houbraken confused him with the painter Hans IV Jordaens

Hans IV Jordaens

Hans IV Jordaens , was a Dutch Golden Age painter who travelled to Rome.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was born in Delft in 1616, where he became a grand master. He spent a long time in Rome, Venice, and Naples, and Houbraken wasn't sure if his best work started before or after this trip...

of Delft.