Barn with Goats
about 1640/45 | David Teniers d. J.
In his early pictures Teniers imitated the dark peasant scenes of Adriaen Brouwer but at the same time lessened Brouwer’s characteristic graphic vividness and coarseness. The lively light and dark of these early paintings was replaced in later ones by brighter shades of colour in keeping with the lightness of these cheerful scenes. Such rural pictures were at the very bottom of the academic hierarchy of genres but were very popular with collectors.
In his early pictures Teniers imitated the dark peasant scenes of Adriaen Brouwer but at the same time lessened Brouwer’s characteristic graphic vividness and coarseness. The lively light and dark of these early paintings was replaced in later ones by brighter shades of colour in keeping with the lightness of these cheerful scenes. Such rural pictures were at the very bottom of the academic hierarchy of genres but were very popular with collectors.
Artist:
David Teniers d. J. (1610 Antwerpen - 1690 Brüssel) DNB
Time:
about 1640/45
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
73,5 cm × 104 cm × 3,2 cm
Framed: 95 cm × 126,5 cm × 6 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower right: D.TENIERS.F.
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 759
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm