Jan Ekels the Elder (1724–1781) was a Dutch painter and a pupil of Dirk Dalens, the younger. He was born and died in Amsterdam.

He painted views of cities in the manner of Jan ten Compe. His pictures are generally of a small size, and are highly finished, with a good effect of light and shade.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Ekels, Jan, the Elder". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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