School of DAVID TENIERS; second third of the 17th century. "Still life". Oil on canvas. Re-coloured. It presents repainting and restorations with a 20

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  School of DAVID TENIERS; second third of the 17th century. "Still life". Oil on canvas. Re-coloured. It presents repainting and restorations with a 20th century frame with damages. Measurements: 56 x 82 cm; 73 x 102 cm (frame). In this canvas we see a wide interior of a kitchen, organised in two planes of depth, where there are objects that form small still lifes, as well as different characters, arranged in several planes. The artist constructed a large naturalistic and scenographic painting, combining the still life with large figures to create a personal genre scene. In the 17th century the genre of the still life with figures became very important in the Dutch and Flemish schools, with compositions that were already more dynamic and theatrical, fully within the Baroque style, as we see here. The son of David Teniers I, Teniers remained faithful to his father's style in his youth. However, he soon specialised in genre painting, closely linked to the Flemish tradition. In 1638 he joined the Guild of Saint Luke, of which he later became dean. Among his patrons were the Bishop of Ghent and Archduke Leopold William. Teniers was also artistic director of the archduke's collection, a position that included not only the conservation of paintings but also the responsibility for choosing and acquiring new works for what was one of the most important collections of 17th-century painting. This gave the painter the opportunity to become acquainted with and study at first hand works by both contemporary and earlier masters of various schools and genres. In 1651 he moved to Brussels on the occasion of his appointment as court painter, a post he retained with the arrival of the new archduke, John Joseph of Austria. He was free to work for other patrons, including the greatest art connoisseurs of the 17th century: Christina of Sweden, William II of Orange and Philip IV. Supported by the latter, in 1669 he succeeded in realising his project to create the Antwerp Academy. His influence extended into the 18th century, and his works formed part of the collections of the first Spanish Bourbons. His compositions were copied in tapestries that adorned the royal palace in Madrid, giving rise to a very popular genre known as "a la Teniers". Works by Teniers can be found in the most important museums in the world, including the Prado, the Hermitage, the Louvre, the Metropolitan in New York, the National Galleries in London, Washington and Prague, the Rijksmuseum, the Royal Collection in London, the Ashmolean in Oxford, the Poldi Pezzoli in Milan, the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and the Fine Arts Museums in Brussels, Vienna, Antwerp and Dresden.
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