Lot Essay
The present composition is a copy after a signed work by David Teniers II in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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Follower of David Teniers II
A kitchen interior with a man shucking mussels, and figures around a fire
Details
Follower of David Teniers II
A kitchen interior with a man shucking mussels, and figures around a fire
with date '1643' (on the drawing on the background wall)
oil on panel
14¼ x 20 5/8 in. (36.2 x 52.3 cm.)
the reverse of the panel is branded with the monogram 'FDB' of the panel maker François de Bout I (active Antwerp, 1637-after 1649)
A kitchen interior with a man shucking mussels, and figures around a fire
with date '1643' (on the drawing on the background wall)
oil on panel
14¼ x 20 5/8 in. (36.2 x 52.3 cm.)
the reverse of the panel is branded with the monogram 'FDB' of the panel maker François de Bout I (active Antwerp, 1637-after 1649)
Provenance
Stanley M. Carper, New York.
Literature
J.S. Held, Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th century (The Collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts), Detroit, 1982, pp. 122-123, as after David Teniers II.
C. Brown, in the review of the above publication, The Burlington Magazine, no. 991, CXXVI, p. 789, suggesting a possible attribution to Thomas van Apshoven.
C. Brown, in the review of the above publication, The Burlington Magazine, no. 991, CXXVI, p. 789, suggesting a possible attribution to Thomas van Apshoven.