Jan van Kessel Works Online
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Original works by Jan van Kessel available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Jan van Kessel at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Water, 1660/70
Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1662
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Butterflies, Insects, and Currants, 1650
Jan van Kessel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Jan van Kessel at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
5 works by Jan van Kessel
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Jan van Kessel at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Insects and Fruit
Jan van Kessel at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Great scans of Rijksmuseum paintings, from the 'Memory of the Netherlands' project
Rijksmuseum Research Database, Amsterdam (in Dutch) 
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam (in Dutch)
Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, UK
CODART - Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
1 painting by Jan van Kessel I (inventory number 0638)
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
A Wood near The Hague, with a view of the Huis ten Bosch
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
Still life, with Oysters, Flowers, Fruit and Animals
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)
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National Museum in Warsaw, Poland (in Polish)
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Poznan National Museum, Poznan, Poland
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands (in Dutch)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Catalogue (in French)
3 paintings online
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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Tyne & Wear Museums Database, England
2 paintings online
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Flemish Art Collection Database, Belgium (in Dutch)
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Jan van Kessel in the Art Renewal Center
Jan van Kessel at CGFA
Jan van Kessel at The Athenaeum 
Web Gallery of Art 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
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Miscellaneous Sites:
FBI Art Theft Program
Floral still life stolen from an antiques fair in the Netherlands
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Artnet Magazine
Still Life of Grapes and Plums in a blue and white Bowl
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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