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| Keywords: Jan van Kessel II - Noah's Family Assembling Animals before the Ark - Walters 371998.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749484 Creator Jan van Kessel I after after These animals gathered by Noah's family to take on the ark in the distance reflect both the amazing variety of nature and man's dominion over nature The majority were considered exotic by 17th-century Europeans for example parrots the rare purple gallinule and turkeys from the New World African ostriches and porcupines with their incredibly long quills raised in defense as well as lions and leopards The painting could be enjoyed like a visit to the menagerie kept by the archdukes Albert and Isabella at the court in Brussels surely the source for these animals The handsome dapple-gray horse at the center is a Spanish breed imported by Archduke Albert This subject was painted earlier by both Jan Bruegel the Elder and Jan Brueghel the Younger Here the groupings of animals are distinct encouraging viewers to study them separately This is characteristic of animal paintings by Jan van Kessel nephew of Jan Brueghel the Younger ca 1660 Baroque oil on panel cm 65 4 94 5 accession number 37 1998 24343 Samuel Borchard New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Stewart Borchard New York Samuel's son Kleinberger Galleires New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Museum of Rhode Island School of Design Providence E A Silberman Galleries NY 1946 provenanceEvent Walters Art Museum 1946 purchase Museum purchase 1946 A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 World of Wonder Walters Salute to Belgium A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Jan van Kessel I World of Wonder Walters Salute to Belgium Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Noah's Ark in paintings Exoticism in European culture | ||||
