Theodoor van Kessel
Illustration — Susanna and the Elders, engraving after a modello by David Teniers after a painting by Guido Reni for the Theatrum Pictorium Theodor van Kessel, Theodoor van Kessel or Theodorus van Kessel (1620 – 1696) was an engraver active in the Dutch Republic, Rome and Antwerp. He was one of the engravers who collaborated on the Theatrum Pictorium of David Teniers the Younger.
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Theodoor van Kessel
Theodoor van Kessel / After Guido Reni · Public domain
- Born
- 1620
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands · Dutch Republic · Low Countries
- Occupation
- draftsperson · printmaker · etcher · copper engraver · painter · poet
- Fields
- engraving · etching · graphic arts
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Susanna and the Elders, engraving after a modello by David Teniers after a painting by Guido Reni for the Theatrum Pictorium Theodor van Kessel, Theodoor van Kessel or Theodorus van Kessel (1620 – 1696) was an engraver active in the Dutch Republic, Rome and Antwerp. He was one of the engravers who collaborated on the Theatrum Pictorium of David Teniers the Younger.
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Life
Life
The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is engraving, etching and graphic arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and typographic ornament. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp, Utrecht and Rome. Work by Theodoor van Kessel is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Auckland Art Gallery, Print Collection, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Musea Brugge.
Little is known of his early life. He may have worked in Utrecht in the Dutch Republic around 1638, although this may have been an artist with the same name. He is recorded as working in Rome where he inscribed his name in the catacombs of Domitilla, in the crypt of David. His presence in Antwerp is firmly established in 1652 where he was active until around 1660.
Work
Work
He is known for several series of prints after other artists; among them are 10 plates of animals he made in 1654 for Jan van den Hecke entitled Alcune Animali. Van den Hecke was at the time court painter and curator for the governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. After van den Hecke died, Teniers succeeded him in the position of court painter and curator. This is probably how van Kessel came to work for him.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Portrait of Adam van Vianen, from the book with 48 plates by Van Kessel for Vianen's son Christiaen van Vianen • Illustration — Landscape with Four Dogs, from Alcune Animali
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- 1.«Theodor van Kessel», RKD.
- 2.Díaz Padrón y Royo-Villanova, pp. 47-48.
- 3.Díaz Padrón y Royo-Villanova, pp. 61-62 y 75-76.
- 4.«Carolus Quintus», British Museum.
- 5.«Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaerts, Pictor», British Museum.
- 6.«Alcune Animali (Animals)», British Museum.
- 7.«Batailles et Rencontres (serietitel op object)», Rijksmuseum.
- 8.«Cavalry Engagements», British Museum.
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