Jan van Kessel I
A Study of Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, and Insects

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Artist Jan van Kessel I (Flemish, 1626–1679)Flemish, 1626–1679

CultureFlemish

Titles

A Study of Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, and Insects

Datec. 1655-60

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsPanel: 7 1/4 × 12 in. (18.4 × 30.5 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1978.10

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

217 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMrs. Henry T. Curtiss (born Mina Stein Kirstein, 1896–1985), Williamsburg, Massachusetts; [Hal O’Nians Gallery, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition History"Still Life Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, January 5–March 9, 2008.

"Two-Eyed Seeing: Contemporary Pasts and Futures at the Blaffer Art Museum," Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, December 9–December 17, 2023. (OL.1658)

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