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File:Jan van Kessel (I) - The Continent of Africa - WGA12135.jpg

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Jan van Kessel the Elder: The Four Continents: Africa  wikidata:Q29878810 reasonator:Q29878810
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Jan van Kessel the Elder  (1626–1679)  wikidata:Q515553
 
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Alternative names
Jan van Kessel (I), Jan van Kessell
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 5 April 1626 (baptised) 17 April 1679 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1640 and circa 1679
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1679-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Antwerp (1640–1679) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q515553
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Title
The Continent of Africa
Part of The Four Continents Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1664 and circa 1666
date QS:P,+1664-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1664-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1666-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium copper Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 48.6 cm (19.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 67.8 cm (26.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+48.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+67.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q154568
Current location
Raum 16 (Hochpaterre)
Accession number
Inv.-Nr. 1912
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