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David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-Brussels 1690)
Peasants Outside a Country Inn c.1640-43
Oil on panel | 34.1 x 47.2 x 1.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407274
Queen's Boudoir, Kew Palace
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A small panel depicts a matter-of-fact scene: not much happens in the garden of an inn with a sign painted with a crescent moon and a beer pot (seen also in CWLF 92, 406363). The value of the painting lies in the amount of detail Teniers can convey in his apparently careless touch and the little comic vignettes.
Provenance
Purchased for Frederick, Prince of Wales, possibly by Philippe Mercier in 1735; recorded in the Gallery at Windsor Castle in 1792 and in the small room next to the Library in 1816; in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 107)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
34.1 x 47.2 x 1.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
50.0 x 63.1 x 3.6 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
"L'Automne" - Peasants outside a tavern
