AFTER DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER | A peasant holding a large stoneware flagon, another smoking a pipe

oil on panel; possibly bears signature lower right: 'T'

Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma (1925-2009), Vienna (according to a label on the reverse);
From whom acquired by the late collector in 1956.

The panel consists of a single board that is uncradled, but stable with all edges beveled. Underneath an uneven varnish there is a decorative image that reads well. There appears to be some thinning of the paint in certain areas, while others appear to have its original impasto intact. An area of loss is at bottom right, which appears to have been possibly rubbed. Inspection under UV shows an uneven varnish through which there is possible scattered spots of retouches here and there, such as on the hands of the sitter holding the jug. The painting is offered in an ebonized wood frame with a gold inner liner.
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This work was probably done in the 19th Century and derives from a signed painting by David Teniers the Younger that sold in an anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 December 2002, lot 17 for £65,725 ($103,552).