Three ways to understand Van Kessel's tiny insect paintings | National Gallery
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- Why were there so many paintings of nature in the 17th-century? We discuss Jan van Kessel's detailed, and very small, insect paintings. This artist specialised in painting botanical specisms and insects, a topic of great interest in 17th-century Europe.
Presented by Clara, former Young Producer and later an Educator at the Gallery.
Paintings shown:
🎨 Jan van Kessel the Elder, 'Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not': www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa...
🎨 Jan van Kessel the Elder, 'Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Creeping Thistle and Borage': www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa...
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Beautiful analysis of this small artwork...and what a charming presenter. I do hope the cleaners stay out of your way next time.
Fantastic talk Clara. I love how informative it is and 10 minutes is a great quick snapshot. Great content, thank you!
That was fascinating, thank you for posting it. Clara is an excellent presenter.
Lovely - she packs a lot into 10 minutes and makes me want to see it IRL when we can.
Wonderful! I would love to see this painting in real life. Thank you for the lecture!
I particularly enjoyed this clip very much. Thank you!! Please more like this.
Thank you very much Clara .
Very , very cute and accurate explanations .
Fantastic !
Thank you Clara and the N.G.
Fabulous explanation of the botanical meanings.
This is an amazing video! Loved Clara's enthusiastic and in depth presentation!
What a delightful short informative talk about a painting. Easily accessible and very informative - as she says -- you can take what you want out of this painting - and so many more in the collection. Thank you
Fantastic and very intriguing interpretation Thank you Clara 👏👏👏
Excellent analysis and commentary. Very engaging and informative! Thank you, Ms. Davarpanah.
Excellent presentation. Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
Thank you for the very illustrative explanation and for the clear pronunciation of this talk :)
Wonderful throughly enjoyed this.
Thanks for watching, Lori!
Fantastic! The symbolism is very interesting. I love that you mentioned Aristotle, I was just thinking about him before you said that!
You're such a lovely character 🥺❤ your presentation is really promising and I'm looking forward to see how your skills develop over time, keep it up!❤
Blue butterflies: the blue is not a pigment but is 'structural', caused by the fine ridges in the wing. These blue wings were used in jewelery and do not fade...they can't. Everlasting colour! Eternal blue. I think that fits the plan !
Clara, I very much enjoyed your analysis.
What a great video. I would never have appreciated that painting before seeing this.
WOW. Wonderful presentation. 🦋
I loved this commentary - very thought provoking & a great presenter - nice job!
I enjoyed this video very much, really interesting, thank you Clara! Speaking clearly and not too fast so I could understand easyly even if I'm not a native speaker.
Thank you, Clara! Wonderful talk!
A very nice presentation. Thank you. However the discovery of the process of metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly is credited to Maria Sybilla Merian, born in 1647. Her first book on caterpillars was published in 1679 and this work by Van Kessel is dated 1654 so unless he knew about caterpillars and butterflies ahead of Merian I wouldn't read the symbolism of metamorphosis into it.
This young lady has more class than I. That cleaner would have tested my four letter vocabulary to the full. Ignoring the back ground noise this was fascinating. Very well done.
well done! fascinating interpretations for us all...
Very enjoyable and informative. Thank you.
Hi @sian edwardes-evans, glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed your presentation. 🙂. Love the detailed insect images. I would note that the “caterpillar” on the branch appears to be a sawfly larva which is in the Order Hymenoptera. I loved your description of 3 ways to look at such a painting. I liked his use of shadows which added to the insects “aliveness.” I tend to look at such paintings from just a pragmatic approach, so I greatly appreciate the perspective of interpreting the art beyond the accuracy of the insect illustrations. Thanks!
We just saw a Jan van Kessel insect painting at the San Francisco Legion of Honor. I liked it so well that I photographed it. I did not know (until this video) that he was known for this sort of painting.
Thank you.
Excellent presentation
You are charming
Wow, thanks for this information talk!
Lovely! Thank you so much.
So well done!
It's interesting that it turns out that all the elements aren't random little nature studies, but that some hold significance jointly, like the central moth and the stretching caterpillar are both stages of the same creation. Pleasant discussion of art and nature.
Lovely painting and interesting commentary! Thank you!
Excellent and helpful review
Wonderful presentation! Thank you especially for the investigative portion into the deeper representation and possible symbolism. Great fun!
So glad you enjoyed it, Kelli!
Thank you! Great presentation!
Thank you, Clara!
I love love your channel. Great presenter and great info.
Very interesting ! Thank you !
Great lecture!!!
thank you clara. so interesting
This is fascinating presentation 😍
Lovely 🦋🦋🦋
Beautiful talk, more of her please!
Awesome!! One of my favorite talks thus far. Thank you!!
Hi Ana B. - glad you enjoyed it!
Very interesting and enjoyable to listen to, thank you!
Hi alomniknavcy Tubbington - glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful presentation. Very enjoyable. My interpretation is there are bugs in heaven.
Excellent
Very interesting and informative speech :)
Great, very informative and well described. Liked the round up bits, to remind us too. (Found background gallery image a little distracting) Rita Garner, Shoreham by Sea
Thank you,
Please, make more such videos!
Why is the bug in between the white butterfly and the butterfly on the right. Is this a metamophosis depicted in paint? With the forget me not right underneath.
🎂Jan van Kessel 04-05-2022🖌️
Great talk! But why on earth are there sound effects when changing views of the paintings?? It is unnecessary and annoying, and detracts from the presentation.