Details
David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
An elderly couple weighing money
signed 'D. TENIERS' (upper right)
oil on panel
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Comte de Vence, Paris; his sale, Paris, 9-17 February 1761, lot 69 (66 francs).
Baron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main.
Zacharias Max Hackenbroch, Frankurt;
with Dr. Albert (Alfred) Heppner, Berlin and Amsterdam, on consignment from the above, by November 17, 1933, and until at least 8 March, 1934.
Curt Bohnewand, Berlin and Rottach-Egern, by 1942; his sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 28 March 1969, lot 22.
Herbert Girardet, Kettwig, 1970.
Waterman, Amsterdam, from whom acquired by
The Hascoe family;
Restituted to the heirs of Zacharias Max Hackenbroch, January 2015.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Mr. Zacharias Max Hackenbroch. This resolves any issue over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
Literature
J. A. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, London, 1831, III, p. 286, no. 86.
F. Winkler, Aus der Sammlung Curt Bohnewand, Munich, 1942, pp. 44, 54.
Exhibited
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Sammlung Herbert Girardet Holländische und Flämische Meister, 24 January-30 March 1970 and 24 April-7 June 1970, no. 56.
Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1983-1987, on loan.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Old Master Paintings from the Hascoe Collection, 2 April-29 May 2005, no. 15 (catalogue by P. Sutton).
Engraved
François Basan, 1760.
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