A pipe smoker with a red cap, in an interior with other smoking men

DAVID TENIERS the younger

1610 Antwerp-Brussels 1690

Provenance

J. & S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt, from whom bought December 1928 by
W. H. Stark, Orange, Texas, stayed within the family until
Sold by the Nelda C. and Henri J. Lutcher Stark Foundation
Christie’s New York, 25/5/2005, lot 13,
Private collection UK
with Kunsthandel P.de Boer
Swiss private Collection

Expertise
Dr.Margaret Klinge, 2012, as datable ca 1645

Dr.Margaret Klinge, 2012, as datable ca 1645 David Teniers the Younger, was one of the most important ‘genre’ painters from the 17^th century. He was a pupil of his father and became member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp, in 1632/33. In 1637, he married Anna, the daughter of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Because of this marriage, he was familiar to the Brueghel family and Peter Paul Rubens, and became dean of the Guild in 1645/46.
These years were the height of his fame, and he became Court painter for the Arch Duke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels in 1650.

The picture above, depicting a pipe smoker, is showing the clear composition, the almost monochrome figures in the background and the delicate colors of the smoker, typical for this period.

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