David Teniers the Younger, A Beggar Couple
David Teniers the Younger
1610 Antwerp - 1690 Brussels
A Beggar Couple
Oil on panel. 25.4 x 19.5 cm.
Signed lower left: D. Teniers Fec.. Certificate
Dr. Margret Klinge, 7.5.2017. Provenance
Private collection, Belgium.
Collector's seal and monogrammed T.B. to verso.
The painting refers to a late composition by the artist executed during his time in Brussels. The old beggar couple is depicted in an expressive way. The nail in the rock above them could refer to the Flemish proverb: “To be so poor, one doesn`t even have a nail to scratch with” (quoted from the expertise).
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David Teniers the Younger
1610 Antwerp - 1690 Brussels
A Beggar Couple
Oil on panel. 25.4 x 19.5 cm.
Signed lower left: D. Teniers Fec.. Certificate
Dr. Margret Klinge, 7.5.2017. Provenance
Private collection, Belgium.
Collector's seal and monogrammed T.B. to verso.
The painting refers to a late composition by the artist executed during his time in Brussels. The old beggar couple is depicted in an expressive way. The nail in the rock above them could refer to the Flemish proverb: “To be so poor, one doesn`t even have a nail to scratch with” (quoted from the expertise).
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