# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-van-kessel-the-younger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:57:20.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-van-kessel-the-younger"
name: "Jan van Kessel the Younger"
slug: "jan-van-kessel-the-younger"
description: "Jan van Kessel the Younger or Jan van Kessel II, known in Spain as Juan Vanchesel el Mozo or el Joven, was a Flemish painter who after training in Antwerp worked in Spain. Known mainly for his portraits he became a court painter to the King and Queen of Spain. A few landscapes and mythological and allegorical scenes have also been attributed to him. He was formerly believed to have been active as a landscape painter, but this is now no longer generally accepted."
tagline: "Flemish painter mainly active in Spain (1654-1708)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_van_Kessel_the_Younger_-_Self-Portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1654-11-23"
deathDate: "1708"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.44
  momentum:             11.61290322580645
  historical:           8.073182666666666
  currentAttention:     64.51612903225806
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel%2C_o_Jovem"
    title: "Jan van Kessel, o Jovem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%88%D1%8B"
    title: "Ян ван Кесель Малодшы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_mlad%C5%A1%C3%AD"
    title: "Jan van Kessel mladší"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_the_Younger"
    title: "Jan van Kessel the Younger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_II"
    title: "Jan van Kessel II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_le_Jeune"
    title: "Jan van Kessel le Jeune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9F"
    title: "יאן ואן קאסל הבן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_il_Giovane"
    title: "Jan van Kessel il Giovane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_(m%C5%82odszy)"
    title: "Jan van Kessel (młodszy)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2626331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump