Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter
ca. 1645–47
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
21 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (55.2 x 75.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edith Neuman de Végvár, in honor of her husband, Charles Neuman de Végvár, 1964
Accession Number
64.65.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lively chaos of David Teniers the Younger's *Guardroom with the Deliver of Saint Peter* (ca. 1645–47), a masterful oil on wood panel (21 3/4 x 29 7/8 in.) from the Baroque era. Teniers, a leading 17th-century Flemish painter renowned for his intimate genre scenes, captures a dimly lit guardroom teeming with rough-hewn soldiers, scattered armor, drums, dogs, and everyday clutter. In the background, the miraculous biblical event unfolds: an angel frees Saint Peter from prison, subtle nod to divine intervention amid human disorder. This work exemplifies Teniers' specialty in "guard...
About the Artist
David Teniers the Younger · 1610–1690
David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690) was a Flemish painter who became one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the seventeenth-century Southern Netherlands, renowned for his peasant genre scenes, elegant gallery paintings, and his role as court painter and curator. Born in Antwerp, he trained under his father, David Teniers the Elder, and was influenced by Adriaen Brouwer's peasant subje...