File:Jan van Kessel de Oude - Vlinders en andere insecten met sprays van rode bessen en vergeet-me-niet.jpg

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Jan van Kessel the Elder: Nederlands: Vlinders, motten en insecten, met sprays van rode bessen en vergeet-me-niet

English: Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not by Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1654, The National Gallery, London

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Jan van Kessel the Elder  (1626–1679)  wikidata:Q515553
 
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Alternative names
Jan van Kessel (I), Jan van Kessell
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 5 April 1626 (baptised) 17 April 1679 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1640 and circa 1679
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1679-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Antwerp (1640–1679) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q515553
Title
Nederlands: Vlinders, motten en insecten, met sprays van rode bessen en vergeet-me-niet
English: Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not by Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1654, The National Gallery, London
Date 1654
date QS:P571,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 11.7 cm (4.6 in); width: 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,11.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,14.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Object history
  • 1938: with Kunsthandel M. Wolff, Amsterdam
  • by 1959
    date QS:P,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : Dr. Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam
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a pair, the former Signature and date bottom left:

J.v.Kessel fecit Ao/ 1654
References Reference: Sotheby's (pdf)
Source/Photographer Sotheby's

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