The Feast Of The Bean King - Life Size Posters Frame:Framed He was returning to his

He was returning to his abstract roots

when these four Buddhas were commonly depicted

since the last quarter of the century

The incongruous scale and placement of these objects on a dramatically upturned tabletop results in a disorienting composition

Our attention is focused onto the painting itself and held there

The Feast Of The Bean King - Life Size Posters Frame:Framed He was returning to hisJordaens energetic compositions would be inconceivable without the paintings of Rubens to which the younger artist sometimes contributed. But he combined the influence of his mentor with a selection of burlesque, coarse and common physiognomies (showing the influence of the Netherlands successors to Caravaggio in both this and the usually close up view) to create his own, unmistakeable style.