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Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626 – 1679),

• Was a Flemish painter.
• 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.
• He was born in Antwerp.
• He was the son of Hieronymus van Kessel and Paschasia Brueghel (the daughter of Jan Brueghel the Elder).
• He was thus Jan Brueghel the Elder's grandson, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's great-grandson.
• Between 1650 and 1675 van Kessel produced more than 300 paintings on small copper plates.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Insects with Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not 1654.
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Jan van Kessel the Elder and David Teniers the Younger - The Presentation of the Captain General's Baton to Antonio Moncada by the Queen Regent Blanca of Sicily in 1410, 1664

Original, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Jan van Kessel the Elder and David Teniers the Younger - The Presentation of the Captain General's Baton to Antonio Moncada by the Queen Regent Blanca of Sicily in 1410, 1664

Jan van Kessel the Elder and David Teniers the Younger, The Submission of the Sicilian Rebels to Antonio Moncada in 1411, 1663

Original, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Jan van Kessel the Elder and David Teniers the Younger, The Submission of the Sicilian Rebels to Antonio Moncada in 1411, 1663

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Insects with Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not, 1654

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Insects with Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not, 1654

Jan van Kessel the Elder, A Study of Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, and Insects, c. 1655

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, A Study of Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, and Insects, c. 1655

Jan van Kessel the Elder, The four continents Europe, 1664

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, The four continents Europe, 1664

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Water, between 1660 and 1670

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Water, between 1660 and 1670

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Water, between 1660 and 1670

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Herons and fish

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Herons and fish

Jan van Kessel The Elder, Soap Bubbles, 1660 - 1670

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Jan van Kessel The Elder, Soap Bubbles, 1660 - 1670

Jan van Kessel The Elder, Soap Bubbles, 1660 - 1670

Jan van Kessel The Elder, Soap Bubbles, 1660 - 1670

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Pobrezi s rybami. Coast with Fish.

Original, Šternberský palác, Praha. Visited in 2017-2022.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Pobrezi s rybami. Coast with Fish.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Solitude, ruins near a pond, 1660-1670

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Jan van Kessel the Elder, Solitude, ruins near a pond, 1660-1670