Jan van Kessel I (circa 1626-1679) after Jan Brueghel I

Noah, his family and the animals entering the Ark

Details

Jan van Kessel I (circa 1626-1679) after Jan Brueghel I
Noah, his family and the animals entering the Ark
signed lower right J V. Kessel
oil on canvas, unframed
59.6 x 84.4 cm

Provenance

Bought by the great-grand father of the present owner, circa 1870, thence by descent

Literature

Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz, XII, Kreis Wittlich, 1934
H. M. Schmidt, Berichte aus der Arbeit des Museums, in Zeitschrift das Rheinische Landesmuseum, 1986, pp. 50-53

Exhibited

Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, on loan

Lot Essay

The original, signed and dated 1613, is in a private collection (K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere 1568-1625, 1979, p. 603, no. 273, fig. 307); an autograph replica is in the Szepmüveszeti Muzeum, Budapest (Ertz, op. cit., no. 274). Three copies by Jan Brueghel II are recorded: in the Prado, Madrid, inv. no. 1407 (K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Jüngere, 1984, no. 97, with ill.); formerly in the Lazaro Collection, Madrid (Ertz, op. cit., no. 98), and in the Staatliches Museum, Dessau (Ertz, op. cit., no. 99).

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