PSEUDO-JAN VAN KESSEL II (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY)
PSEUDO-JAN VAN KESSEL II (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY)
PSEUDO-JAN VAN KESSEL II (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY)
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PSEUDO-JAN VAN KESSEL II (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY)

An interior with a basket of roses, lilies and other flowers on a table and a porcelain vase of tulips on a stool, with a basket of grapes, cherries, peaches, figs, plums, and a cauliflower, melon, other fruit, and guinea pigs on the floor

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PSEUDO-JAN VAN KESSEL II (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY)
An interior with a basket of roses, lilies and other flowers on a table and a porcelain vase of tulips on a stool, with a basket of grapes, cherries, peaches, figs, plums, and a cauliflower, melon, other fruit, and guinea pigs on the floor

oil on copper
9 5/8 x 12 ¾ in. (24.4 x 32.4 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, by 2012.
Literature
K. Ertz, Jan van Kessel der Ältere 1626-1679; Jan van Kessel der Jüngere 1654-1708; Jan van Kessel der 'Andere' ca. 1620-ca. 1661: kritische Kataloge der Gemälde, Lingen, 2012, p. 403, no. 21, as Jan van Kessel II.

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Lot Essay

Pseudo-Jan van Kessel II is a designation given to the artist or studio responsible for a group of primarily small-scale still lifes in the style of Jan van Kessel. While Klaus Ertz classified this group as the work of Jan van Kessel II in his 2012 monograph on the artist, the name Pseudo-Jan van Kessel II has been used in scholarship since 2017 to describe them.

We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing this attribution on the basis of photographs.

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