Peasants outside an inn with a lime kiln beyond

細節

David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Peasants outside an inn with a lime kiln beyond
signed 'D TENIERS' (lower centre)
oil on panel
10½ x 15¼ in. (26.7 x 38.8 cm.)

來源

Lord Heytesbury, Wiltshire.
Ernest C. Innes, 28 The Boltons, London; (+) Christie's, London, 13 December 1935, lot 157 (13 gns. to Polak).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 June 1973, lot 101, where acquired by the father of the present owner.

出版

Probably referred to by Dr. G. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, 1857, vol. IV (supplemental volume), p. 388.

展覽

The British Institution, 1828, no. 106.
The British Institution, 1864, no. 104.

注意事項

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拍品專文

This intimate cabinet sized landscape is of the type by Teniers that became hugely popular amongst collectors in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They were admired for their jewel-like qualities borne out by their close observation of detail and clarity of execution. A particularly vibrant example was the Riverside Inn (Wallace Collection, London) that became known in the 1830s as 'Le Diamant' and was purchased as such in 1862 by the 4th Marquess of Hertford for 100 gns. - a price that far exceeded what most large-scale landscapes by the artist were fetching at the time. The colourful palette, the pronounced use of light and shade and the precise manner of execution date the present work, like that of the Wallace collection, to circa 1650.