A Tavern Scene
after David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
360 x 560 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286938
Summary
Watercolour on paper, A Tavern Scene, after David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690). A watercolour of a tavern scene, after David Teniers (signed D. Teniers). A bearded man sits on a commode chair in the foreground smoking a long pipe, two other men nearby. Around the fireplace behind are are further figures; two men playing cards and three warming themselves. A woman pokes her head through a hole in the wall above. Painted with great attention to detail. Glazed and in a gilt gesso frame with a scallop shell at each corner, relief foliate decoration between.
Marks and inscriptions
D. Teniers (inscribed)
Makers and roles
after David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690), artist