File:Jan van Kessel (II) - The continent of Afrika.jpeg

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Jan van Kessel the Elder: The Continent of Africa   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan van Kessel the Elder  (1626–1679)  wikidata:Q515553
 
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Alternative names
Jan van Kessel (I), Jan van Kessell
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 5 April 1626 (baptised) 17 April 1679 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1640 and circa 1679
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1679-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Antwerp (1640–1679) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q515553
Title
The Continent of Africa
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1672
date QS:P571,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 108.4 cm (42.6 in); width: 148.5 cm (58.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,148.5U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history
  • 1962: With Central Picture Galleries, New York, (as by Van Kessel of America and Africa);
  • 12 December 1975: Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, lot 183 (as Van Kessel and signed and dated 1677) for 2,800 Guineas;
  • 12 May 1976: Anonymous sale, Munich, Weinmüller, lot 1470 (as Van Kessel, signed and dated 1673).
Inscriptions indistinctly signed, inscribed and dated on the letter in the jewel-box lower centre: AFRICA/Den H?a...n tant/van..../1000 uven(?)/Jo.v.Kessel/f.1672
References Sotheby's, lot.L04034-119
Source/Photographer Sotheby's, lot.L04034-119

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