Print Description
A portrait of the artist David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690).
Made by Lucas Vorsterman after Petrus Thijs.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24.5 x 35.5 cm (9.65 x 13.98 inch). Image size: 23.5 x 34 cm. (9.25 x 13.39 inch).
Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PORTRAIT DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER | PCO-A14-17
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Frontis to ‘Theatrum Pictorium’. Published by Jacobus Peeters.
Provenance: in manuscript “Est Dono Perillustris Domini a Lechten sum ex. Libris Joannis Henricy Jynatij Adelmann S:S Theologia Poitons et Canonici Capitularis ad s Stephanis.” We have not been able to find reference to this person.
Biography engraver: Lucas Vorsterman (1595-1675).
Artist: Pieter Thijs, Peter Thijs or Pieter Thys (1624 in Antwerp – 1677 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of portraits as well as religious and history paintings. He was a very successful artist who worked for the courts in Brussels and The Hague as well as for many religious institutions.
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