Wheel of Affinities — Three Butterflies, a Beetle and other Insects, with a Cutting of Ragwort — jan van kessel the elder

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Wheel of Affinities

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Welcome. Every artwork orbiting this wheel shares a thread with “Three Butterflies, a Beetle and other Insects, with a Cutting of Ragwort”. Take your time, follow what catches your eye, and let curiosity carry you from one masterpiece to another.

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Drag left or right to spin the wheel.
Drag up or down — or scroll — to zoom in and out.
Hover an artwork to reveal its title and affinities; click to open it.

The eight directions: Each spoke is a kind of kinship — period, movement, vibe, topics, keywords, tone and main colour, plus “other” for the freer, more surprising matches.
Distance from the centre: The closer a work sits to the heart of the wheel, the stronger its bond with this painting. Works near the rim are looser, more unexpected echoes — often the most rewarding to discover.

period

movement

vibe

topics

keywords

tone

main color

other

period

A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Insects — jan van kessel
Peapods and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1650

movement

A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Peapods and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1650

vibe

Leaf Insect — Marianne North, 1876
A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Peapods and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Leaf Insects and Stick Insects — Marianne North, 1879

topics

A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Butterflies — Man Ray
Peapods and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1650

keywords

Peapods and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Insects — jan van kessel

tone

Pomegranate and Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly — maria sybilla merian, 1703
Cutting Origami — Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1908
A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula — jan van kessel the elder, 1650
Insects — jan van kessel
Leaf Insects and Stick Insects — Marianne North, 1879
Butterflies and Insects — jan van kessel, 1655

main color

Cutting Origami — Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1908
Butterflies — Man Ray
Flowers and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1660
Study of Butterflies and Other Insects with a Sprig of Apple Blossom — jan van kessel the elder, 1659

other

Studies Of Insects — sydenham teast edwards
Watercolor 70 Butterfly — Maurits Cornelis Escher
Plate 47 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam — maria sybilla merian
Study of Insects, Butterflies and a Snail with a Sprig of Forget Me Nots — jan van kessel the elder, 1659
Ground beetle — george l. venable
Butterflies and Insects — jan van kessel the elder, 1655
Branch of West Indian Cherry with Achilles Morpho Butterfly — maria sybilla merian, 1703
Tortoiseshell Butterfly — shyama ruffell, 2002
A Still Life Study of Insects on a Sprig of Rosemary with Butterflies, a Bumble Bee, Beetles and Other Insects — jan van kessel the elder
Insects — jan van kessel the elder
Insects — jan van kessel the elder
Insects — jan van kessel the elder
A Dragon fly, two Moths, a Spider and some Beetles, with wild Strawberries — jan van kessel the elder, 1650