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Jan van Kessel the Elder: 1626–1679
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Biography
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. A scion of the Brueghel family many of his subjects took inspiration of the work of his grandfather Jan Brueghel the Elder as well as from the earlier generation of Flemish painters such as Daniel Seghers, Joris Hoefnagel and Frans Snyders. Van Kessel's works were highly prized by his contemporaries and were collected by skilled artisans, wealthy merchants, nobles and foreign luminaries throughout Europe.
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Influenced by
- Jan Brueghel the Eldereditorial inference
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- Hieronymus van Kesseleditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Jan van Kessel the Elder. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Museo Nacional del Prado8 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)3 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Strasbourg2 recorded works
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana2 recorded works
- Accademia Carrara1 recorded work
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera1 recorded work
- musée de l'hôtel Sandelin — Saint-Omer1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Caen1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Quimper1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work