Jan van Kessel the Younger are attributed about 200 small still lifes produced in Southern Europe in the late 16th and early 17th century. Jan van Kessel the Younger's small known authentic oeuvre is different in style and execution and substantially higher in quality than the works, which have now been attributed to Pseudo Jan van Kessel the Younger. His portrait style was described by his contemporary Antonio Palomino as very close to that of his fellow Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. Van Kessel was a specialist of the genre of group portraits. An example is the "Portrait of a family in a garden" in
William V. B. Van Dyck the southern tip of South America. From 1907 to 1911, he lived in Chile. As of 1909, Rutgers' alumni catalogue reported that Van Dyck was living in Valparaiso, Chile and engaged in the manufacturing business. From 1911 until 1925, he worked for General Electric in Brazil and founded the General Electric Company of Brazil. By 1916, he was reportedly a managing director of General Electric in Rio de Janeiro. He also participated in the first chess game played by "wireless" in 1923. In 1925 or 1926, he returned to the United States and was employed by International General Electric Company