Lot Essay
Sold with a certificate by Dr. Margret Klinge, dated 25 September 1998.
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A boor showing his cards to his opponent with onlookers in a tavern, a maid frying pancakes beyond
Details
David Teniers II (1610-1690)
A boor showing his cards to his opponent with onlookers in a tavern, a maid frying pancakes beyond
signed (strengthened) lower right D.TeniersF and dated on the drawing on the wall 1670
oil on canvas
49.6 x 61.9 cm
in an 18th century carved and gilded frame in the Regence style, possibly French; with egg-and-dart to the outer edge; outer scotia; the eared corners of the cross-hatched ogee moulding with hatched cartouches with flowers flanked by strapwork at top and scrolling gadrooning at sides, and by tendrils and scrolling foliage running to scallop shells centres; astragal; taenia; recessed sanded band; reeded ovolo twisted by laurel leaf motives; cavetto at sight edge
A boor showing his cards to his opponent with onlookers in a tavern, a maid frying pancakes beyond
signed (strengthened) lower right D.TeniersF and dated on the drawing on the wall 1670
oil on canvas
49.6 x 61.9 cm
in an 18th century carved and gilded frame in the Regence style, possibly French; with egg-and-dart to the outer edge; outer scotia; the eared corners of the cross-hatched ogee moulding with hatched cartouches with flowers flanked by strapwork at top and scrolling gadrooning at sides, and by tendrils and scrolling foliage running to scallop shells centres; astragal; taenia; recessed sanded band; reeded ovolo twisted by laurel leaf motives; cavetto at sight edge
Provenance
Marquis of Ely, 1830.
with Stanley (140 gns).
Th. Emmerson, 1831.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1929, from whom purchased by R. Dreesmann, father of the late owner.
with Stanley (140 gns).
Th. Emmerson, 1831.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1929, from whom purchased by R. Dreesmann, father of the late owner.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., 1831, III, p.404, n0538.