David Teniers the Younger (1610 – 1690)

• Was a Flemish Painter.
• Teniers's early works show the influence of Elsheimer.
• Another major influence on David Teniers the Younger's early work was the work of the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer. 
• Teniers's scenes with peasants were so well known that compositions with this subject came to be called 'tenierkens' ('small teniers') and tapestries with peasant scenes were referred to as 'Teniers tapestries'.
• The Teniers tapestries were woven by many Brussels weavers and also in other centers such as Lille, Oudenaarde, Beauvais and Madrid.
• The displayed paintinng is a crop from: David Teniers the Younger, Card-Players in a Tavern, c. 1650.
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