Sand Cliff and Figures
David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1690
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
260 x 350 mm
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486156
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Sand Cliff and Figures by David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690). A landscape of a sand cliff and figures; in the left foreground, an old man seated with a poultry coop on his back; two men stand by him, a dog and a peasant walking away, centre. River and distance right.
Provenance
Bought by the 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710-1763) at Major's sale in April 1751, second day, lot 34 for £15.15. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Credit line
Petworth, The Egremont Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
D.T. (the T within the D)
Makers and roles
David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690), artist