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6 unusual facts about David Teniers


David Teniers

David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), the most famous of the three, especially noted for genre scenes of peasant life

David Teniers the Elder (1582–1649), turned from large religious paintings to landscapes and genre scenes

David Teniers III (1638–1685), who painted scenes similar to his father's

Matthias Scheits

According to Houbraken he was in Hamburg while Johannes Voorhout was there and though he had initially trained in Haarlem under Philips Wouwerman, he later painted farm & village scenes in the manner of David Teniers.

Stéphane Breitwieser

David Teniers - The Monkey's Ball**, shredded with scissors

Théobald Michau

Subjects of the country festivals (Kermesse) that were popularized by David Teniers, father and son to the extent that paintings and tapestries showing such rustic themes were called Ténières.



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