KESSEL, Jan van, I
(b. 1626, Antwerpen, d. 1679, Antwerpen)

Still-Life

1653
Oil on oak panel, 33 x 51 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a still-life of peaches, plums, grapes and a lemon, with a crab, a lobster, and a glass roemer, on a partly draped table.

This composition by Jan van Kessel is based on Jan Davidsz. de Heem's Still Life with a Roemer of 1652 in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. A second version by van Kessel, also signed and dated 1653, is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux.