Jan van Kessel the Elder

1626–1679 · Habsburg Netherlands

Jan van Kessel the Elder or Jan van Kessel (I) (baptized 5 April 1626 – 17 April 1679) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the mid-17th century. A versatile artist, he practiced in many genres including studies of insects, floral still lifes, marines, river landscapes, paradise landscapes, allegorical compositions, scenes with animals and genre scenes. Wikipedia

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Works

“Air”, 1647 — Flint Institute of Arts
“Unicorn and Other Animals”, 1660 — Museo del Prado
“Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (Allegory of the Fire)”, 1662 — Hermitage Museum
“Medallion's Frame with an Allegorical Depiction of the Four Elements”, 1664 — Hermitage Museum
“Insects and Fruit”, 1660–1665 — Rijksmuseum
“Madonna with the Child and St Ildephonsus Framed with a Garland of Flowers”, 1646–1652 — Hermitage Museum
“Butterflies and Insects”, 1662 — Prinsenhof
“The Eenhoorn Lock on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam”, 1667 — Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
“A River Landscape with Turkeys and Poultry”, 1641–1679 — Statens Museum for Kunst
“A Hilly Landscape with a Peacock, an Eagle and other Birds” — Statens Museum for Kunst
“Fruit and Vegetable Market with a Young Fruit Seller”, 1655 — Statens Museum for Kunst
“Insects” — Fitzwilliam Museum
“A vase of flowers”, 1648 — Fitzwilliam Museum
“Butterflies and other insects”, 1661 — Fitzwilliam Museum
“Vanitas Still Life”, 1667
“Mountain Scenery with Waterfall”, 1641–1679 — Statens Museum for Kunst
“Norwegian Landscape”, 1665 — Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
“The Four Continents: Europe”, 1664 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Four Continents: America”, 1666 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Four Continents: Asia”, 1666 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Four Continents: Africa”, 1665 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Submission of the Sicilian Rebels to Antonio de Moncada in 1411”, 1663 — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“A vase of flowers”, 1667 — Fitzwilliam Museum
“Waterfowl and Dogs”, 1661–1680 — National Trust
“Peacock and Other Birds”, 1661–1680 — National Trust
“Battle between Owls and Quadrupeds”, 1664 — Nationalmuseum
“Emblems of War” — Nationalmuseum
“Wooded landscape with river and characters” — National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
“A Study of Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, and Insects” — Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Panorama with Falconers”, 1668 — Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
“Still life of fruit with a cavia” — Rijksmuseum Twenthe
“A Dragon-fly, two Moths, a Spider and some Beetles, with wild Strawberries”, 1650s — Ashmolean Museum
“Decorative Still-Life Composition with Birds and two Bats”, 1664 — Ashmolean Museum
“Decorative Still-Life Composition with a porcelain Bowl, Fruit and Insects”, 1664 — Ashmolean Museum
“Water”, 1660 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“Vanity with a skull”, 1679 — Musée des Arts Décoratifs
“Still life of fish in a harbor landscape, possibly an allegory of the element of water”, 1660 — Weldon Collection
“Still-life” — Musées de Sens
“The Triumph of Amphitrite”, 1650 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
“Allegory of air and water”, 1650 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper