# Insects

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/insects-r796144112cdd3a>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [KESSEL, Jan van, I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on copper, 12 x 15 cm

## Commentary

Jan van Kessel&#39;s intimate cabinet paintings, which combine a minute observation of nature with a wonderfully decorative design, have always been the most prized of his works. Perfectly exemplifying the spirit of the age of enquiry from which they stem, and reflecting the recent invention of magnification that allowed the miniature to be examined and admired in detail, they are all inventive, and wonderfully attractive.

## Related artworks

- [A Garland of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/a-garland-of-flowers-r006b39845e9b27>)
- [Birds on a Riverbank](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/birds-on-a-riverbank-rdd4f3363ce89c1>)
- [Birds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/birds-re4dc0a66fcddd0>)
- [Butterflies and Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/butterflies-and-insects-r1876c3b1b0d1c6>)
- [Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/flowers-r8175498bf33b11>)
- [Harbour Scene with Fish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/harbour-scene-with-fish-rf98e5ff958392f>)
- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/holy-family-r7c3c13f033d996>)
- [Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/insects-r432021065950ef>)
- [Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/insects-re134419ba598ce>)
- [Interior of a Kitchen with a Dog](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/interior-of-a-kitchen-with-a-dog-r29f13f67059938>)
- [Madonna with the Child and St Ildephonsus Framed with a Garland of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/madonna-with-the-child-and-st-ildephonsus-framed-with-a-garland-of-flowers-rf63d77688871c3>)
- [River Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kessel-jan-van-i-ra48c6ed51d2b75/river-landscape-r575ea901a5d4ec>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)