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David Teniers the Younger
Flemish Baroque painter (1610–1690)
David Teniers the Younger | |
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Portrait of David Teniers by Philip Fruytiers, 1655 | |
| Born | 1610 Antwerp, Brabant, Spain |
| Died | April 25, 1690(1690-04-25) (aged 79–80) Brussels, Brabant, Spain |
| Nationality | Flemish |
| Other names | David Teniers II |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist, art curator |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 11, including David III |
| Father | David Teniers the Elder |
| Family | Abraham Teniers (brother) |
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output.[1] He was an innovator in a wide range of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape painting, portrait and still
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David Teniers the Younger
A Cottage by a River with a Distant View of a Castle
David Teniers the Younger
While many of Teniers’ paintings show an invented landscape, this view perhaps shows a castle in the distance that may one day be identified. Judging by the new shoots on the trees between the cottage and the river, this is a spring scene. But Teniers was never content with showing a pleasant vie...
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A Man holding a Glass and an Old Woman lighting a Pipe
David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger was one of the most successful Flemish painters of the seventeenth century. His work was prized by important collectors, and he amassed great wealth and attained high status himself: he was awarded a patent of nobility in 1680. At this time there was a fashion for pictur...
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A View of a Village
David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers painted caricatures in imaginary landscapes, a background to his comic charac
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Baptised on 15 December 1610 in Antwerp where he studied under his father, the obscure David Teniers I. His earlier works also suggest the influence of Brouwer. He became a master in the Antwerp guild in 1632/3 and was dean in 1645/6. By 1649 he was attracting distinguished patronage and in 1615 he was made official painter to the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Netherlands.
He held the same posts under Don Juan of Austria, the next Governor (The Entry of Don Juan of Austria into Brussels 1656). Between 1650 and 1655 he visited England to buy pictures for the Count Fuensaldaña, and dealing then took up much of his time. In 1662 he bought a country house, De Drie Toren at Perck, from the second husband of Helena Fourment (who had been Rubens' second wife). In 1680 he obtained a long-sought patent of nobility. He died in Brussels on 25 April 1690. His eldest son, David Teniers III (1638-85), was also a painter.