LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

24.41 in. (62.00 cm.) (height) by 32.52 in. (82.60 cm.) (width)

Literature:

K. Ertz and C. Nitze-Ertz, Jan van Kessel (Antwerpen 1626-1679), Lingen, 2013, no. 683, p. 379, as 'Jan van Kessel the Elder', illustrated. N. Baadj, Jan van Kessel I (1626-79): Crafting a Natural History of Art in Early Modern Antwerp, Turnhout, 2016, pp. 145-6, fig. 81.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 19 April 1996, lot 135, as 'Jan van Kessel I and Attributed to Pieter van Avont'. Private collection, Europe. with Richard Green, London, as 'Jan van Kessel the Elder and Pieter van Avont'. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 51, as 'Jan van Kessel the Elder'. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London 22 April 2005, lot 87, as 'Jan van Kessel the Elder'.