Elderly Man Seated in a Tavern, David Teniers (II) (after), c. 1645
1645
35.0 x 33.0 cm
David Teniers El Viejo (1582 – 1649)
Descubre la obra maestra de David Teniers el Viejo: paisajes llenos de vida y escenas cotidianas con un toque de humor barroco, influenciado por Rubens. ¡Un artista esencial para comprender el arte del siglo XVII!
This portrayal of an elderly man, with a physiognomy seemingly taken from the life, was accepted as the work of David Teniers II until Klinge pointed out in 19914 that it was one of several copies, probably made in Teniers’s studio, the prototype of which is in a Belgian private collection. The present work omits two peasants standing by the fire and a smoking tobacco ember on the floor which has fallen from the broken clay pipe. The handling is clearly of insufficient quality to bring her opinion into question. The prototype was probably executed in the first half of the 1640s, and the present copy, which is about the same size, may be contemporary, a dating that could be confirmed by dendrochronological analysis of the support. The drinker, who wears a skullcap and holds a stoneware beer kan (tankard), seems to be of the poorer middling sort. Gregory Martin, 2022
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Elderly Man Seated in a Tavern, David Teniers (II) (after), c. 1645
- Artista: David Teniers El Viejo
- Año: 1645
- Dimensiones originales: 35.0 x 33.0 cm
- Formato: Square
- Estado de derechos de autor: Dominio público
- Matiz de color: Yellow-Green Range
- Brillo percibido: deep_shadow