Jan van Kessel the Elder

A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects



Jan van Kessel the Elder - A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects



Jan van Kessel the Elder
A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects
1652
78.7 x 60.5 cm
Oil on copper
Signed and dated lower right: J v Kessel fecit/1652
Sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015


Provenance

José María Echeverri Chacón Vargas Messía, VIII Count of Villalcázar de Sirga, 3rd Count of Buenavista de la Victoria, (1749-1827), and thence by descent to the present owners
sale Bonhams, London, 7 July 2010, nr. 79 (bought in)
sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 49 (withdrawn)

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Jan van Kessel the Elder Fishes and Shells on the Beach
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Jan van Kessel the Elder Egyptian geese, a red breasted merganser and other birds on a shore, a town beyond
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Jan van Kessel I and Victor Wolfvoet II Allegory of sight, a view of Antwerp beyond
Allegory of sight, a view of Antwerp beyond

Jan van Kessel the Elder America
America
1666

Jan van Kessel the Elder Study of Insects, Butterflies and Flowers
Study of Insects, Butterflies and Flowers
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