Insektendarstellungen von Jan van Kessel

An insight is given into some paintings showing Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and other insects produced by the belgian artistJan van Kessel (1626–1679). They were shown on the exhibition of old paintings in the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels, at the end of 1980. These works of art are in no way inferior to those produced byMaria Sibylla Merian (end of 17 th Cnt.) and byJohann Rösel von Rosenhof (begin of 18th Cent.).