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Artist |
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David Teniers II |
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Title |
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A family concert on the terrace of a country house: A self portrait of the artist with his family
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Medium |
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oil on panel transferred with canvas |
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Size |
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16.5 x 13.9 in. / 42 x 35.3 cm. |
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Description |
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Signed lower right: D.TENIERS.F
oil on panel transferred to canvas |
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Misc. |
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Signed |
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Sale Of |
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Sotheby's London: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
[Lot 23]
Old Master Paintings Evening Sale
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Estimate |
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Sold For |
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Provenance |
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Probably in the possession of the family of the artist until after 1719 (see note on provenance in the catalogue entry);
In Paris in 1765, according to an inscription on the reverse of the canvas;
John Astley;
His sale, London, Christie's, 2-3 May 1777, lot 44, to Dynmouth;
John Trumball;
His (anonymous) sale, London, Christie's, 18 February 1792, lot 72, for 210 guineas;
J.F. Tuffen;
Hs sale, London, Christie's, 11 April 1818, lot 86, for 165 guineas to Whyte;
Count Lichnowsky, Kuchelna, Poland, 1906;
With Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, 1927;
With D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 1936;
(With?) E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam;
With Knoedler, New York;
With Newhouse Gallery, New York, 1969:
Robert H. Smith, Washington, by whom lent to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1971-72;
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London 1974;
With Herner Wengraf, 1975 (according to Bock, 1978);
With Richard Green, London;
The British Rail Pension Fund;
Their sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1995, lot 34 to Noortman;
Robert Noortman, Maastricht, From whom bought by the present owner.
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Exhibition |
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Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mitglieder des Kaiser Friedrich-Museum-Verein, 27 January - 4 March 1906, no. 137 (reproduced in the catalogue);
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Nederlandsch Muziekleven 1600-1800, 1936, no. 588 (reproduced in the catalogue);
Washington, National Gallery of Art, on loan, 1971-72;
Barnard Castle, Co, Durham, Bowes Museum, on loan, 1977-91;
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruegel, Une dynastie de peintres, 18 September- 18 November 1980, no. 203;
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, David Teniers the Younger, 11 May-1 September 1991, no. 39;
York, York City Art Gallery, on loan, 1992-95;
Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle, David Teniers der Jüngere 1610-1690. Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern, 5 November 2005 - 19 February 2006, no. 47.
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Literature |
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J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, vol. III, London 1829-36, p. 375, no. 440, also mentioned 254;
N. de Pauw, 'Les trios peintres David Teniers et leurs homonymes', in Annales de l'Academie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, vol. 50, 1897, pp.336, 349;
L'Art Belge, January 1937, reproduced;
G. M[arlier], in L. van Puyvelde (ed.), Le Siècle de Rubens, exhibition catalogue, Brussels 1965, p. 262, under no. 277 (as formerly in the Lichnowsky collection, Kuchelna);
R.D. Leppert, 'David Teniers the Younger and the Image of Music', in Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 1978, p. 114, reproduced fig. 35;
H. Bock (ed.), Picture Gallery Berlin. Catalogue of Paintings, Berlin 1978, p. 428, under no. 857;
M. Klinge, in R. Philips Jones (ed.), Bruegel, Une dynastie de peintres, exhibition catalogue, Brussels 1980, p. 269, reproduced;
M. Klinge ed., Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers the Younger, exhibition catalogue, Noortman & Brod, London 1989, p. 9, reproduced p. 10, pl. 2;
M. Klinge, David Teniers the Younger, Paintings, Drawings, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp 1991, p. 39, reproduced in colour pp. 129, 130;
M. Klinge, 'Das Berliner Familienbildnis von David Teniers dem Jüngeren', in Die Malerei Antwerpens, Cologne 1994, pp. 104-113, pl. 2;
J.P. Meulemeester, Portraits de Famille dans Quelques Tableaux de David Teniers II, privately printed, Brussels 1999, vol. I, pp. 10, 17.
M. Klinge, in David Teniers der Jüngere 1610-1690. Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern, exhibition catalogue, Karlsruhe 2005 - 19 February 2006, p. 186, cat. no. 47, reproduced in colour p. 187.
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