Air by Jan van Kessel the Elder (1647)

Painting of an allegorical female figure among many birds, with cherubs and parrots in a cloudy landscape.

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Air, Jan van Kessel the Elder (1647), Flint Institute of Arts. Via artnap.com

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Jan van Kessel the Elder's painting Air, dated 1647, shows a reclining allegorical female figure surrounded by a wide variety of birds, including peacocks, turkeys, ostriches and a large group of perching species in a tree at right. Two winged cherubs fly through the cloudy sky, and a distant chariot glows in the bright clouds above a hilly landscape.

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Date

1647

Medium

Painting

Museum

Flint Institute of Arts

License

Public domain