David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-Brussels 1690)
The Card-Players c. 1643
Oil on panel | 23.8 x 34.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405217
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This is a classic early Teniers, dated c. 1643 and a type of painting which has always been sought after: George IV valued this small panel at 350 guineas in 1819. Teniers has taken the theme of the pub interior from Brouwer, but has slightly polished up the details and made the tonality cooler and the atmosphere more luminous. The elderly host is taking orders, which will be marked in chalk on the table
Provenance
Purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring as part of a group of 86 Dutch and Flemish paintings, most of which were collected by Sir Thomas’s father, Sir Francis Baring; they arrived at Carlton House on 6 May 1814; recorded in the Bow Room, Ground Floor, at Carlton House in 1819 (no 127); in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 42)
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Creator(s)
(framemaker)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
23.8 x 34.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
41.0 x 51.2 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)
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