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Jacob Jordaens lived in Antwerp, like Rubens, and his work was just as varied. For the genre, his favorite subject was the illustration of a Flemish proverb : soo d'oude songen, soo pepen de jongen. The interpretation of the text is as subtle as that of the image. D'oude songen: the old are singing. Soo pepen de jongen: During this time, the young ... play the fife? twitter? get drunk? It seems t…