Jan van Kessel the Elder
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Jan van Kessel the Elder #3,240Established

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personFlemish, 1626–1679lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidenceplay_circleStream Art
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Selected Works77

Museum Acquisitions

27 Institutions
Met
Met
Cleveland Museum of Art
Basel Art Museum
Basel Art Museum
Sainsbury Wing
Sainsbury Wing
Fogg Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Birmingham Museum of Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum

Previous Sales 17

Sotheby's
Allegory of War
Allegory of War
Unknown
May 2025
Sotheby's
Sprig of Larkspur with Butterflies, Moths, and a Wasp
Sprig of Larkspur with Butterflies, Moths, and a Wasp
Unknown
May 2025
Sotheby's
Sprig of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, Butterflies, Beetles, and a Bee
Sprig of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, Butterflies, Beetles, and a Bee
Unknown
May 2025
Sotheby's
Butterflies, Spiders, Lizards, a Beetle, an Ant, a Grasshopper, and Other Insects
Butterflies, Spiders, Lizards, a Beetle, an Ant, a Grasshopper, and Other Insects
Unknown
May 2025
Sotheby's
Coastal landscape with seals and squid | Paysage côtier avec phoques et calamars
Coastal landscape with seals and squid | Paysage côtier avec phoques et calamars
Unknown
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Still life of tulips, roses, poppy anemones and an iris in a glass vase
Still life of tulips, roses, poppy anemones and an iris in a glass vase
Unknown
Dec 2022
Christie's
Amsterdam, the Sint-Anthoniesluis looking north from the Brouwersgracht, with the gabled houses of Sint Antoniesbreestraat to the left
Amsterdam, the Sint-Anthoniesluis looking north from the Brouwersgracht, with the gabled houses of Sint Antoniesbreestraat to the left
£7,500 ($10k USD)
Jul 2018
Christie's
Grapes, peaches, hazelnuts, quinces, redcurrants and other fruit, with a brimstone butterfly, a bumblebee and other insects on a stone capital
Grapes, peaches, hazelnuts, quinces, redcurrants and other fruit, with a brimstone butterfly, a bumblebee and other insects on a stone capital
£56,250 ($74k USD)
Jul 2014
Christie's
An Amsterdam canal scene
An Amsterdam canal scene
$18,750
Jun 2014
Christie's
A wooded river landscape with a traveller crossing a stone bridge near an oak tree and a farm house
A wooded river landscape with a traveller crossing a stone bridge near an oak tree and a farm house
€6,875 ($8k USD)
May 2014
Christie's
Roses, morning-glory, a carnation, an iris and other flowers in a porcelain vase, with a red admiral, caterpillars, dragonflies and other insects in a sculpted niche; and Roses, an iris, a carnation, a tulip and other flowers in a porcelain vase, with a red admiral, caterpillars, a magpie butterfly, caterpillars and other insects in a sculpted niche
Roses, morning-glory, a carnation, an iris and other flowers in a porcelain vase, with a red admiral, caterpillars, dragonflies and other insects in a sculpted niche; and Roses, an iris, a carnation, a tulip and other flowers in a porcelain vase, with a red admiral, caterpillars, a magpie butterfly, caterpillars and other insects in a sculpted niche
£578,500 ($764k USD)
Dec 2013
Christie's
A view of Purmerend Castle, near Monnickendam, Waterland
A view of Purmerend Castle, near Monnickendam, Waterland
£7,500 ($10k USD)
Apr 2011
Christie's
Roses, tulips, an iris and other flowers, in a glass vase on a stone plinth, with butterflies and other insects
Roses, tulips, an iris and other flowers, in a glass vase on a stone plinth, with butterflies and other insects
£229,250 ($303k USD)
Jul 2008
Christie's
A swag of flowers hanging in a niche
A swag of flowers hanging in a niche
£29,300 ($39k USD)
Dec 2007
Christie's
A winter landscape with a faggot-gatherer
A winter landscape with a faggot-gatherer
€26,650 ($29k USD)
Nov 2007
Christie's
A swan, a mallard, a bittern, rabbits and fruits and vegetables, a landscape beyond
A swan, a mallard, a bittern, rabbits and fruits and vegetables, a landscape beyond
£9,600 ($13k USD)
Nov 2005
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
um 1629 Antwerpen – um 1661 ebenda, Nachfolge des
um 1629 Antwerpen – um 1661 ebenda, Nachfolge des
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Mar 2025
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Market19 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$9.9K – $764K
7 of 9 paintings lots with prices
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$126K
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$18.8K
7 priced paintings lots
calendar_todayLast Painting Sale
Jul 2018 · $9.9K
Latest priced sale: Amsterdam, the Sint-Anthoniesluis looking nor... - 65.7 x 53 cm - $3/sq cm
categoryMarket by Object Type
Paintings: $18.8K medianSculpture/objects: $74.3K median
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Publications1

Exhibition Catalog 1

For Your Eyes Only: Eine Privatsammlung zwischen Manierismus und Surrealismus
Hatje Cantz · 2014
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sothebys saunders old masters sale results
A Sotheby's single-owner sale of 55 Old Masters works from the collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III on May 21 achieved $64.7 million, falli…
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Seeing God in nature: US National Gallery exhibition celebrates art from the dawn of European natural history
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, is presenting "Little Beasts: Art, Wonder and the Natural World," an exhibition of 16th- and 17th-centu…
exhibitionsMay 22, 2025
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sothebys saunders old masters sale results
May 26, 2025
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Seeing God in nature: US National Gallery exhibition celebrates art from the dawn of European natural history
May 22, 2025
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Jan van Kessel the Elder dies
Jan 1, 1679
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Jan van Kessel the Elder born
Jan 1, 1626
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