Jan van Kessel (I) - Allegory of Night

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Jan van Kessel the Elder: English: Allegory of Night. Artist:.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output.commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626–1679) . . 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 . 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) . Authority file : Q515553 VIAF: 7660683 ISNI: 0000 0001 1591 8234 ULAN: 500029504 LCCN: no2011036185 WGA: k/kessel/jan1 Open Library: OL1887501A DBNL: kess052 GND: 121859223 SUDOC: 167585940 BNF: 149767096 BPN: 00362185 KulturNav: c2aff91b-7a5d-4c28-b302-6f2bcc82990d RKD: 44093 Koninklijke: 070616477 WorldCat. artist QS:P170,Q515553. Title: English: Allegory of Night. Object type: paintingobject_type QS:P31,Q3305213. Date: 1646-1679. Medium: oil on coppermedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259. Dimensions: height: 17 cm (6.6 in); width: 23 cm (9 in)dimensions QS:P2048,17U174728dimensions QS:P2049,23U174728. Inscriptions: Signed lower left: I. VKESSEL (VK conjoined). Notes: Auctioned at Lempertz on 16 November 2019, in Cologne lot 1070. Source/Photographer: https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1141-1/1070-jan-van-kessel-the-elder-1.html.