DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS) Allegory of Spring

DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
Allegory of Spring
oil on panel
8 1/4 x 12 in. (21 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Brussels.
Faigneau collection, Brussels.
C.H. Francolet, Brussels; (†), H. Vleminckx, Brussels, 10 September 1764, lot 19, as one of a series of the Four Seasons (800 florins).
James Christie (1730-1803), London; (†) his sale, Christie’s, London, 27 May 1820 (=2nd day), lot 62, as one of a series of the Four Seasons (126 gns. to Bolton).
Alfred Fletcher, Esq., Allerton, Liverpool; (†), Christie’s, London, 23 June 1922, lot 136, as ‘Bassano (After) The Seasons, by D. Teniers—a set of four’, where acquired for 110 gns. by,
Mrs. Mosscockle, Clewer Park, Windsor; (†), Christie’s, Derby House, 26 November 1943, lot 55, as one of a series of the Four Seasons and with erroneous dimensions (260 gns. to Schuber).
with William Hallsborough, Ltd., London.
Private collection, Canada.
Anonymous sale; Parke-Bernet, New York, 13 February 1958, lot 13 ($8,000 for three from the series).
Henry A. Rudkin, Southport, CT; Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1964, lot 26, where acquired for £1400 by the following,
with Leonard Koetser, London.
with Gooden & Fox, Ltd., London, where acquired in 1965 by,
Christian B. Peper, Sr.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 26 January 2012, lot 260, where acquired by the present owner.