Lot Essay
Mrs. Margret Klinge has suggested that the present picture may have been retouched in some areas by Teniers himself
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
Studio of David Teniers II (1610-1690)
Details
Studio of David Teniers II (1610-1690)
Soldiers at Cards in a Guardroom
with monogram and date 'DT 1644'
on copper
19 x 25 3/8in. (48.5 x 64.5cm.)
In a Louis XIV carved and gilded frame
Soldiers at Cards in a Guardroom
with monogram and date 'DT 1644'
on copper
19 x 25 3/8in. (48.5 x 64.5cm.)
In a Louis XIV carved and gilded frame
Provenance
Johan van Schuylenburch, Burgomaster of Haarlem; (+) sale, The Hague, 20ff. Sept. 1735
Gabriel François Joseph, Chevalier de Verhulst; (+) sale, Brussels, 16ff. Aug. 1779 (Dfl. 1,202 to Foket)
Le Boeuf; sale, Lebrun, Paris, 8-12 April 1783 (F.5,510)
Sénateur de Choiseul-Praslin; (+) sale, Paris, 19-20 May (postponed from 9-10 May) 1808 (F.5,055)
Claude Joseph Clos, Conseiller d'Etat and Lieutenant Génerál; (+) sale, Paris, 18-19 Nov. 1812 (F.4,210)
Lady Lawley, 18 Grosvenor Square, London; (+) Christie;s, 26 April 1879, lot 120 (520gns. to Nieuwenhuys)
C. J. Nieuwenhuys; (+) Christie's, 17 July 1886, lot 107 (820gns. to Vokins)
Gabriel François Joseph, Chevalier de Verhulst; (+) sale, Brussels, 16ff. Aug. 1779 (Dfl. 1,202 to Foket)
Le Boeuf; sale, Lebrun, Paris, 8-12 April 1783 (F.5,510)
Sénateur de Choiseul-Praslin; (+) sale, Paris, 19-20 May (postponed from 9-10 May) 1808 (F.5,055)
Claude Joseph Clos, Conseiller d'Etat and Lieutenant Génerál; (+) sale, Paris, 18-19 Nov. 1812 (F.4,210)
Lady Lawley, 18 Grosvenor Square, London; (+) Christie;s, 26 April 1879, lot 120 (520gns. to Nieuwenhuys)
C. J. Nieuwenhuys; (+) Christie's, 17 July 1886, lot 107 (820gns. to Vokins)
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., III, 1831, p.320, no.219
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Flemish Art 1300-1700, 5 Dec. 1953-6 March 1954, no.414