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Jan van Kessel the Elder

1626 - 1679

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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 practiced 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. Van Kessel's works were highly prized by his contemporaries and were collected by skilled artisans, wealthy merchants, nobles and foreign luminaries throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan van Kessel the Elder is the 598th most popular painter (up from 1,213th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 598 out of 2,023. Before him are Nicolaes Maes, Nikolaos Gyzis, Constant Troyon, Agostino Tassi, Moïse Kisling, and Giuseppe Cesari. After him are Pierre Auguste Cot, Roelant Savery, Joseph Wright of Derby, Eugène Carrière, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and Helen Frankenthaler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Redi, Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, and Giovanni Legrenzi. After him are Bada Shanren, Louis Couperin, Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, Pietro Mengoli, and Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1679, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 14. Before him are John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, John of Austria the Younger, Marie de Rohan, Willem van Aelst, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Francesco Barberini. After him are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Margherita de' Medici, Abraham Mignon, John Mayow, Jan van de Cappelle, and Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 212 out of 1,190. Before him are Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Rembert Dodoens (1517), Ida of Lorraine (1040), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), and Pierre Alechinsky (1927). After him are Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Eric Gerets (1954), Roelant Savery (1576), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Lutgardis (1182).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 36. Before him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Constantin Meunier (1831), Clara Peeters (1594), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), and Pierre Alechinsky (1927). After him are Roelant Savery (1576), Juan de Flandes (1450), Frans Masereel (1889), Bernard van Orley (1487), Paul Bril (1556), and Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630).

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