Lot 137
  • 137

Follower of David Teniers the Younger

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • David Teniers the Younger
  • A nightscene with peasants making merry outside an inn
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Acquired by Alexander Cuninghame, 16th Laird of Craigends, in the second half of the 19th Century;
By descent to John Chalres Cuninghame;
By descent to his sister-in-law Helen Laura Pearson, The Mansion House, Craigends, Renfrewshire;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 24 November 1961, lot 46 (where said to be signed with monogram; 380 gns. to Lucas);
Anonymous sale, ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 19 May 1989, lot 116, for £12,000, as "David Teniers II".

Condition

The support consists of a single flat stable panel cradled to the reverse. The paint surface is secure. Inspection under UV light reveals a handful of very minor scattered retouchings. Offered in a later Northern style frame in good condition.
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