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enchantedbook · 1 year
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The Dance of the Rats by Ferdinand Van Kessel, 1690
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laclefdescoeurs · 19 days
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A musical gathering of cats, Circle of Ferdinand van Kessel the Elder
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the-cricket-chirps · 2 months
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Ferdinand van Kessel (attributed)
The Dance of the Rats
ca. 1690
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sandmandaddy69 · 10 months
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Ferdinand Van Kessel
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misscromwellsmonocle · 3 months
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The Dance of the Rats (c. 1690) by Ferdinand van Kessel
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meisterdrucke · 6 months
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A monkey smoking and drinking with an owl by Ferdinand van Kessel
Oil on canvas
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liwiafuria · 2 years
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Ferdinand van Kessel The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690
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lemuseum · 1 year
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pwlanier · 1 year
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FERDINAND VAN KESSEL
The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690
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Ferdinand van Kessel. The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690
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mastomysowner · 9 months
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Ferdinand van Kessel
The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690
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charlesreeza · 4 months
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The Dance of the Rats by Ferdinand van Kessel, c. 1690, Antwerp
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year
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We don't have an exact birthdate for Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder, but he was baptised #OTD (5 Apr 1626 - d. 17 April 1679) so here are three versions of his caterpillars and snakes signature (+some bonus spiders for #BeKindToSpidersWeek):
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Jan van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1626–1679) "Garden and house spiders with grass snakes and caterpillars contorted and entwined to spell the artist's name" 1657 oil painting on copper H 15 cm (5.9 in) x W 20 cm (7.8 in) Sothebys
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Jan van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1626–1679) The Four Continents: The Continent of Europe [detail of the signature panel] c. 1660s oil painting on copper H 48.4 cm (19 in) x W 67.1 cm (26.4 in) Alte Pinakothek
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Jan van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1626–1679) "Seventeen panels depicting snakes, lizards, flowers, caterpillars, beetles, butterflies and other insects" [detail including the signature panel] 1658 oil painting on copper, 39 x 56 cm (15 x 22 in) and 14 by 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, call no. NW-UL-NW
You can read more about this creative signature, and see his son Ferdinand's version too, here:
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bornetoblood · 10 months
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Me and the mutuals are just like The Dance of the Rats by Ferdinand van Kessel (1690)
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catavaggio · 3 months
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Ferdinand van Kessel (attributed), The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690 (X)
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taxi-davis · 1 year
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Ferdinand van Kessel 1648-1696, The Painting Monkey
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