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Pair of PaintingsPETALS OF FLOWERS IN BUTTON GLASSES Oil on wood. Dimensions each: 31 x 20 cm. Framed together in velvet-covered passepartout in ebonized wavy strip frames. Each with a forest glass with knobbed decoration standing on an implied table top. Each containing a dense, polychrome flower arrangement with finely arranged lilies, roses, daffodils, vetches, tulips and other flowers. Next to the bouquets, a pair of cherries and a seated fly casting its shadow. Literature: See Klaus Ertz, Christa Nitze-Ertz, Die Maler Jan van Kessel. Jan van Kessel the Elder 1626-1679. Jan van Kessel the Younger 1654-1708. Jan van Kessel the 'Other' ca. 1620-ca. 1661. Critical catalogs of the paintings, Lingen 2012. Of particular interest here are the comparative paintings (Flowers in burled glass section), where particularly similar compositions can be seen (nos. 493 and 494). (1400141) (13) Jan van Kessel, ca. 1629 Antwerp - ca. 1679 ibid., follower of Pair of paintings FLORAL BOUQUETS IN PRUNTED VASE Oil on panel. Dimensions: 31 x 20 cm each.