Theodor van Kessel

Theodor van Kessel belongs to the seventeenth-century Dutch tradition of printmaking, working above all in etching and engraving and turning to allegorical subjects drawn from classical mythology. His Allegory of abundance, with Ceres and Pomona flanking a fruit-fed monkey, typifies this interest in personification and symbolic still life. The archive holds a single sheet by him, dated 1652, and impressions up to that year document his activity as a printmaker within this period.

1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Allegory of Abundance: Ceres Holding a Cornucopia at Right and Pomona at Left Feeding Fruit to a Monkey

ca. 1652–60 · Etching and engraving