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Endpoint: Jan van Kessel the Elder



created on: 31/08/2020
by: detum (11626)
 
 

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Jan van Kessel the Elder was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the mid 17th century. A versatile artist he practised 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.

Baptized: 5 April 1626, Antwerp
Died: 17 April 1679, Antwerp
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Submitted by : detum (11626)
on : 31/08/2020