Studies of Market Figures
David Teniers the Younger
1601 to 1650
Medium
graphite
Dimensions
overall: 20.7 x 31.8 cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.74.19
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...