David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)

Gypsies at a grotto with a traveller having his fortune told

Details

David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Gypsies at a grotto with a traveller having his fortune told
signed with monogram 'DT.F' (lower left)
oil on panel, laid down onto bevelled board
20 x 33 in. (52 x 85.8 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt.; (+) sale, Greenwood, London, 29-31 May 1794 (70 gns.).
Richard Hulse, Esq., of Blackheath, former magistrate of Kent; (+) Christie's, London, 21 March 1806, lot 87 (110 gns. to Sir Claude Scott).
Sir Claude Scott, Bt.; (+) sale, Phillips, London, 9 July 1831, lot 82 (25 gns. to Munro [possibly H.A.J. Munro of Novar, for whom see note to lot 117]).

Literature

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., III, London, 1831, p. 351, no. 341.

Sale room notice

Please note that Dr. Margret Klinge, having examined the picture, believes the foreground figures to be the work of a studio hand. The picture should be dated to the 1650s.

Lot Essay

Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Bt. (c. 1710-1781), whose fortune was made as a contractor during the Seven Years War, was a collector and patron of exceptional discernment. His outstanding collection of Dutch and Flemish pictures was largely housed at no. 19 Arlington Street. He owned a notable group of works by Teniers, two of which are visible in Zoffany's celebrated portrait of Dundas and his grandson, subsequently the 1st Earl of Zetland.

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