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Jan Van Kessel (I) Dragon-fly Moths Spider Beetles With Strawberries
Jan van Kessel may refer to one of the following 17th and 18th century painters: * Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626–1679), a painter from Antwerp, specialized in flower and animal painting * Jan van Kessel the Younger (1654–1708), his son, specialized in portraits * 'the other' Jan van Kessel (ca. 1620 – in or after 1661), a still life painter from Antwerp who moved to Amsterdam * Jan van Kessel (Amsterdam) (1641–1680), a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter * Jan Thomas van Kessel (1677–1741), a genre and portrait painter from Antwerp * Pseudo-Jan van Kessel the Younger, the notname given to a still life artist or workshop active in Southern Europe in the late 16th and early 17th century {{hndis, van Kessel, Jan ...
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Jan Van Kessel The Elder
Jan van Kessel the Elder or Jan van Kessel (I) (baptized 5 April 1626, Antwerp – 17 April 1679, Antwerp) 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.Jan van Kessel (I)
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A scion of the Brueghel family many of his subjects took inspiration of the work of his grandfather

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Jan Van Kessel The Younger
Jan van Kessel the Younger or Jan van Kessel II (Antwerp, 23 November 1654 - Madrid, 1708), known in Spain as Juan Vanchesel el Mozo or el Joven, was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish painter who after training in Antwerp worked in Spain. Known mainly for his portraits he became a court painter to the King and Queen of Spain. A few landscapes and mythological and allegorical scenes have also been attributed to him. He was formerly believed to have been active as a landscape painter, but this is now no longer generally accepted.Jan van Kessel II
at the Prado Enciclopedia online


Life

Jan van Kessel the Younger was born in Antwerp as the son of Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626–1679) and Maria van Apshoven. He was a scion of the famous Flemish dynasty of painters of th ...
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'the Other' Jan Van Kessel
Jan van Kessel or the other Jan van Kessel (c. 1620, Antwerp – in or after 1661, Amsterdam (?)) was a Flemish painter of still lifes of fruits, hunting pieces and flowers. After training in Antwerp he moved to the Dutch Republic where he is recorded as operating a studio in Amsterdam.Jan van Kessel (ca. 1620-in of na 1661)
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Biography

Very little information is available about the life of Jan van Kessel. He was born in Antwerp some time between 1615 and 1625. He trained with the history painter Si ...
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Jan Van Kessel (Amsterdam)
Jan van Kessel (1641, Amsterdam – 1680, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age draftsman and landscape painter who made many cityscapes of Amsterdam. His work is often confused with the works of contemporary painters with the same name. Biography According to Houbraken he was born in Amsterdam in 1648 and made clever farm scenes that he first drew from life before making his oil paintings.Jan van Kessel Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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Jan Thomas Van Kessel
Jan Thomas van Kessel ( Antwerp, 10 September 1677 – Antwerp, 1741)Jan Thomas van Kessel
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was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was principally a genre painter who created scenes of peasants, wedding festivals and interiors of inns. He also painted some portraits and possibly also religious scenes. He was a member of the important van Kessel family of artists, which was related by marriage to the Brueghel family of artists.


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Pseudo-Jan Van Kessel The Younger
Pseudo-Jan van Kessel the Younger or Pseudo-Jan van Kessel the (II) is the notname given to an artist or workshop to whom or which are attributed about 200 small still lifes likely dating to the late 16th and early 17th century. The artist's works rely on combinations of a limited number of motifs in rather simple to quite elaborate compositions. The motifs in the paintings are rendered in a rather naive and decorative manner.Pseudo-Jan van Kessel
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
While the Flemish influence in the works hints at a Flemish artist or an artist who trained with a Flemish artist, the artist is believed to have been active in southern Europe, probably Italy.< ...
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