David Teniers II* (1610-1690)

Peasants returning Home from the Inn

Details

David Teniers II* (1610-1690)
Teniers, D.
Peasants returning Home from the Inn
signed 'D. TENIERS.'
oil on panel
11 x 15.3/8in. (28 x 39cm.)

Provenance

Mestern, Hamburg, from whom purchased in 1882 by
Eduard F. Weber, Hamburg; sale, Lepke, Berlin, Feb. 20-2, 1912, lot 208.
Purchased by the family of the present owners, circa 1930, thence by descent.

Literature

G.F. Waagen, Raisonnierender catalogue der Sammlung Mesteren, 1874, no. 15.
Von Pflugk-Hartung, Repertorium, 1885, VIII, p. 88.
Nhring, Sammlung Weber, 1898.
K. Woermann, Wissenscheftuches Verzeichnis der alten Gamlde der Galerie Weber, 1907, no. 208, pl. 58.

Exhibited

New York and Maastricht, Noortman & Brod, Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers, a Loan exhibition of Paintings, Oct. 7-Dec. 11, 1982, p. 106, no. 37, illustrated (catalogue by Dr. Margret Klinge) where loaned by the present owner.

Lot Essay

Margret Klinge in the catalogue of the exhibition Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers, a Loan exhibition (op. cit.) describes the present painting as follows 'This picture of the farewell to the inn is among the amusing little scenes from peasant life. Somewhat reluctantly, but waving his cap joyfully, the peasant is being led away by his wife. The dag prances ahead of them. Other people too are on their way home.

In the coloration, the formation of the figures and the careful drawing this picture belongs to Teniers' Brussels period, at the beginning of the 1650s.'