Theodoor van Kessel

Theodor van Kessel, Theodoor van Kessel or Theodorus van Kessel (1620 – 1696) was an engraver active in the Dutch Republic, Rome and Antwerp. He was one of the engravers who collaborated on the Theatrum Pictorium of David Teniers the Younger.

Life

Little is known of his early life. He may have worked in Utrecht in the Dutch Republic around 1638, although this may have been an artist with the same name. He is recorded as working in Rome where he inscribed his name in the catacombs of Domitilla, in the crypt of David. His presence in Antwerp is firmly established in 1652 where he was active until around 1660.