Author: KESSEL, JAN VAN. Davies, Alice I.
Title: Jan van Kessel (1641-1680).
Description: Doornspijk, Davaco Publihers, 1993. VIII,335 pp. 411 ills on 244 plts (11 in colour). Hardcover, d./j. (Aetas Aurea. Monographs on Dutch & Flemisch Painting, Vol. X).Monograph and catalogue raisonné introducing a little-known but talented Amsterdam follower of Jacob van Ruisdael. Many art professionals outside of the speciality of seventeenth- century Dutch landscape do not realize that he existed, with the result that his works sometimes are assigned to the contemporary (but unrelated) Antwerp painter of the same name. Few specialists are aware that the Dutch Jan van Kessel covered the entire range of subjects produced by his presumed teacher Jacob van Ruisdael. Ruisdael's style was not the only one he emulated; he also imitated his friend Meindert Hobbema (village scenes, water mills, woods), Allart van Everdingen (waterfalls), Jan Wijnants (wooded landscapes), Jan van de Cappelle (winterscenes), and others. A high percentage of the paintings in the accompanying catalogue were once attributed to these other artists (often with an authentic Kessel signature covered by a better-known name). Clarification of Jan van Kessel's production provides the solution to numerous problems of attribution plaguing the Ruisdael School.The 290 works catalogued are organized into six sections: Authentic (120), Problematic (19), Doubtful Paintings (44); Authentic (68), Problematic (13), Doubtful Drawings (26). All entries are illustrated. - - Text in English.

Keywords: Dutch Art Nederlandse kunst