Jan van Kessel the Elder - Saturn Devouring his Children - image-1

Lot 1070 Nα

Jan van Kessel the Elder - Saturn Devouring his Children

Auction 1076 - overview Cologne
19.11.2016, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 20.000 € - 24.000 €
Result: 24.800 € (incl. premium)
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Jan van Kessel the Elder

Saturn Devouring his Children

Oil on canvas (relined). 40 x 55 cm.
Signed lower right: J.v.Kessel fecit.

Klaus Ertz dates this work to 1660. He considers it to be a pendant to Kessel's "Allegory of Peace" (op. cit. p. 387, no. 707). Both works are loosely based on pieces by Jan Brueghel the Younger.

Certificate

Klaus Ertz, 13th July 2016

Provenance

Franco-American private collection.

Literature

For information on this artist cf.: K. Ertz / C. Nitze-Ertz: Die Maler Jan van Kessel, 2014.