David TeniersFiandre, 1610–1690A Tavern interior
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Londra, Regno Unito
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A tavern interior, a well-dressed elderly couple sit drinking at a table in the foreground while peasants play cards in a second room beyond. David Teniers II (1610-1690) apprenticed with his father, David Teniers I, with whom he also collaborated. Teniers's genre pieces were greatly prized by Antwerp dealers and made him famous. By 1647 Teniers was working for Archduke Leopold William, Governor of the southern Netherlands. Teniers's early work is similar to that of Adriaen Brouwer, who settled in Antwerp in 1631. During the 1640s and 1650s, Teniers began to paint open-air peasant fairs, generally set in front of an inn and often including a group of nobles who watch the revels with amusement. CAI 91 appears to be a pastiche of several of Teniers favourite motifs from the 1640s-50s.
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The composition is particularly close (in reverse) to Two men playing cards in the kitchen of an inn ca.1635-1640 (National Gallery London, NG 2600). Both pictures contain a foreground scene in a room and a secondary scene in the background. The bearded man in the foreground of CAI.91 resembles a man in the National Gallery picture in dress, hairstyle, pose and physiognomy and both pictures include similar props such as the broom, the wall niche with a glass bottle, earthenware jugs and a similar bench and barrel-table. CAI.91 is executed in a somewhat drier and 'flatter' style than that of Teniers himself and appears to be a 19th century pastiche.
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- CAI.91
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- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · acquisita 11 giorni fa
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