Adam van Noort

Adam van Noort (1561/62–1641) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman and one of the teachers of Peter Paul Rubens and the only teacher of Jacob Jordaens. Adam van Noort was mainly known for his history paintings but he also created some portraits. He was a designer for engravings for the Collaert family of printmakers and publishers.

Life Adam van Noort was born and died in Antwerp. He was the son of Lambert van Noort from Amersfoort and Katelijne van Broeckhuysen from Zwolle. His parents had established themselves in Antwerp, where Lambert became a member of the local Guild of Saint Luke in 1549. His father was active primarily as a designer of stained-glass windows and engravings, an architect, and, to a lesser extent, a painter. The family lived in poverty.

Adam van Noort probably initially trained with his father but must have had other teachers since his father died when he was still young.

Van Noort lived to an old age but likely ceased practising as an artist around 1630.

Later, with the arrival in his workshop and under the influence of Jacob Jordaens, he adopted some of the dynamism and monumentality of the Baroque into his work. This influence is evident in his Let the children come to me (c. 1609–10,Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium).