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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 practised 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan van Kessel the Elder has received more than 92,265 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan van Kessel the Elder is the 1,289th most popular painter, the 447th most popular biography from Belgium and the 80th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 1,289 out of 1,421. Before him are Achille Devéria, Martinus Rørbye, Tony Robert-Fleury, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Magnus Enckell, and Gustaf Cederström. After him are José de Madrazo y Agudo, Kolë Idromeno, Carl Blechen, Aristides of Thebes, Edwin Landseer, and Karl Hofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 15. Before him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, and Pietro Mengoli. After him are Simon Ushakov, Ole Borch, and Louis Hennepin. Among people deceased in 1679, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 18. Before him are Francesco Barberini, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Anne Conway, Abraham Mignon, and Jan van de Cappelle. After him are Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau and John Mayow.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 447 out of 1,019. Before him are Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Axel Witsel (1989), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Solange Berry (1932), Constant Permeke (1886), and Hieronymus Cock (1518). After him are Dries Mertens (1987), William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), Jan Decleir (1946), Adam van Noort (1562), Vincent Kompany (1986), and Kate Ryan (1980).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan van Kessel the Elder ranks 80. Before him are Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Michiel Sweerts (1618), Simon Bening (1483), Gerard de Lairesse (1640), Constant Permeke (1886), and Hieronymus Cock (1518). After him are Adam van Noort (1562), Jan Fabre (1958), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Jan Theuninck (1954), Frank Brangwyn (1867), and Charles Hamilton Smith (1776).

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