Peasants smoking and drinking in a tavern

Details

Attributed to David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Peasants smoking and drinking in a tavern
with signature 'D TENIER' (lower left)
oil on panel
10¾ x 13¾ in. (27.3 x 35 cm.)

Provenance

C. Fairfax Murray, Esq., London; sale, Paris, 15 June 1914, lot 6, as 'Brouwer'.
Count Alessandro Contini, Rome.
Private collection, New York.
Anonymous sale; Anderson Galleries, New York, 4 January 1935, lot 17, as 'Brouwer'.

Sale room notice

Please note that Margaret Klinge does not believe that the present painting is by David Teniers the Younger.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Fred Meijer at the RKD for reviewing a transparency of the present work which he believes it to be an autograph work by Teniers. According to the RKD records, this painting was inscribed 'Brouwer' until c. 1935; this inscription has subsequently been cleaned off revealing the 'D. TENIER' signature which is now apparent.

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