Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr Fred G. Meijer for confirming the attribution of this pair of still lifes to Jan van Kessel I on the basis of photographs, and for proposing a dating of circa 1670.
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Roses, a tulip, a poppy, cornflowers and orange blossom and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, a caterpillar, beetles and other insects; and Roses, tulips, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, dragonflies, a caterpillar, a bee and other insects
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JAN VAN KESSEL I (ANTWERP 1626-1679)
Roses, a tulip, a poppy, cornflowers and orange blossom and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, a caterpillar, beetles and other insects; and Roses, tulips, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, dragonflies, a caterpillar, a bee and other insects
the first, signed 'J•v•kessel•fecit' (lower centre); the second, signed 'J•v•kessel fecit•' (lower centre)
oil on panel
the first, 14 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (37 x 27.4 cm.); the second, 14 5⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in. (37.1 x 27 cm.)(2)
a pair
Roses, a tulip, a poppy, cornflowers and orange blossom and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, a caterpillar, beetles and other insects; and Roses, tulips, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, with butterflies, dragonflies, a caterpillar, a bee and other insects
the first, signed 'J•v•kessel•fecit' (lower centre); the second, signed 'J•v•kessel fecit•' (lower centre)
oil on panel
the first, 14 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (37 x 27.4 cm.); the second, 14 5⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in. (37.1 x 27 cm.)(2)
a pair
Provenance
Sr. Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra (1918-2020), Lima; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1966, lot 79, where acquired for £2,600 by the following,
with Leonard Koetser, London, 1967, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner.
with Leonard Koetser, London, 1967, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner.
Literature
(The first) K. Ertz and C. Nitze-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. 324, no. 550, illustrated, with erroneous cataloguing and provenance.
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