JAN van KESSEL the ELDER, 1653 - A still life study of insects on a sprig of rosemary with butterflies, a bumble bee, beetles and other insects / oil on panel, 11.5 × 14.0 cm
ЯН ВАН КЕССЕЛЬ СТАРШИЙ - Исследовательский натюрморт насекомых на веточке розмарина с бабочками, шмелем, жуками и другими инсектами...
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Private collection.
Sotheby's New York / Masterworks, November 10, 2014.
Sources: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_the_Elder
JAN VAN KESSEL THE ELDER or Jan van Kessel (I) (1626– 1679) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the mid 17the 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...
In this beautiful little panel, Jan van Kessel reveals himself as a keen naturalist and a painter of the greatest refinement. The painting is not only the product of his brilliant imagination but also of a society in which the appreciation of art and nature was inextricably intertwined. That same desire to collect and categorize the natural world, an impetus which gave rise to the Kunstkammers and Wunderkammers of the 17th century, inspired the artists of the day to attempt the same in painted form. Pictures such as this were prized not only for their sheer beauty, but also for their scrupulous treatment of their subject. Of the painters that produced these images, van Kessel was amongst the most prolific and talented, producing images of flowers, insects, reptiles, animals and rare objects from all over the known world, an exotic allure which only served to make this genre of painting more popular amongst collectors...
JAN van KESSEL the ELDER, 1653 - A still life study of insects on a sprig of rosemary with butterflies, a bumble bee, beetles and other insects / oil on panel, 11.5 × 14.0 cm
ЯН ВАН КЕССЕЛЬ СТАРШИЙ - Исследовательский натюрморт насекомых на веточке розмарина с бабочками, шмелем, жуками и другими инсектами...
☆📀
Private collection.
Sotheby's New York / Masterworks, November 10, 2014.
Sources: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_the_Elder
JAN VAN KESSEL THE ELDER or Jan van Kessel (I) (1626– 1679) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the mid 17the 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...
In this beautiful little panel, Jan van Kessel reveals himself as a keen naturalist and a painter of the greatest refinement. The painting is not only the product of his brilliant imagination but also of a society in which the appreciation of art and nature was inextricably intertwined. That same desire to collect and categorize the natural world, an impetus which gave rise to the Kunstkammers and Wunderkammers of the 17th century, inspired the artists of the day to attempt the same in painted form. Pictures such as this were prized not only for their sheer beauty, but also for their scrupulous treatment of their subject. Of the painters that produced these images, van Kessel was amongst the most prolific and talented, producing images of flowers, insects, reptiles, animals and rare objects from all over the known world, an exotic allure which only served to make this genre of painting more popular amongst collectors...