Circle of David Teniers II (1610-1690)

Details

Circle of David Teniers II (1610-1690)

Boors smoking and drinking in a Tavern

signed 'D.Teniers F'--oil on panel
6 3/8 x 8¾in. (16.2 x 22.2cm.) with added strips of 5/8in. to the right, left and bottom edges, and 1in. to the top edge

Provenance

Mrs Charles B. Wood, Simsbury, CT, by whom given in 1923 to The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.

Literature

Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin, II, April 1924, 2, p. 8, illustrated.
G. Knuttle, Adriaen Brouwer, The Master and his Work, 1962, p. 52. Wadsworth Atheneum, Wadsworth Atheneum Paintings. Catalogue I. The Netherlands and German-Speaking Countries. 15th to 19th Centuries, 1978, p. 122, no. 20, pl. 42.

Lot Essay

This painting repeats the composition of Adriaen Brouwer's original, which is either the version in the Dulwich College Picture Gallery (Knuttle op. cit., p. 60, fig. 34) or in the Duke D'Arenberg Collection (see W. von Bode, Adriaen Brouwer, 1924, fig. 3).