The Day's Catch (detail) by KESSEL, Jan van, I

KESSEL, Jan van, I

(b. 1626, Antwerpen, d. 1679, Antwerpen)

	The Day's Catch (detail) 1661 Oil on copper Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
Just below the ray is the author's signature in Latin: "Jan van Kessel made this. Year 1661." As grotesque as this scene seems, it belongs squarely in the period's taste for natural sciences.