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David Teniers the Younger

Header: David Teniers the Younger
Also known as: David Teniers the Younger; primary name: Teniers, David; other name: Teniers II, David; other name: Tennier
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Flemish; Male
Life dates: 1610-1690
Address: Antwerp: Lombardevest Antwerp: 'De Meireminne', Lange Nieuwstraat 107 (1642-1651)
Biography: Painter and etcher, son of David Teniers I (q.v.), but much more famous; 1610 born in Antwerp; pupil of his father since 1626; Master in St Luke Guild in 1632-1633; 1635 travelled to England; married Anna, daughter of Jan Bruegel the Elder in 1637 with Rubens as witness; 1638 Helena Fourment becomes godmother of their first child David III; worked in Antwerp; 1651 to Brussels as court painter to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (q.v.); founding member of Antwerp Academy of Art in 1664; 1690 died in Brussels. Influenced by Adriaan Brouwer; designs used in tapestries.
Bibliography: Hollstein XXIX, pp.175-192; Dutuit VI, pp.420-431; Wurzbach II, pp.693-698; Nagler, Die Monogrammisten V, nos. 584 and 591. Margret Klinge, 'David Teniers the Younger, Paintings, Drawings', exh.cat. Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp, 1991. Margret Klinge, 'David Teniers der Jüngere als Zeichner: Die Antwerpener Schaffenszeit 1633-1651' (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Jaarboek 1997), Antwerp, 1997. Margret Klinge and Dietmar Lüdke, 'David Teniers der Jüngere: Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern', Karlsruhe, 2005.

1,035 related objects

book of prints

Museum number: 1902,0514.1252.1-51 |
Producer name: Published by:Dawson TurnerPublished by:Mary Turner |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:Great Yarmouth

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1895,0915.1088 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.150 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1284 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:RembrandtFormerly attributed to:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1650-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1854,0513.14 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1650

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.11 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1664

drawing

Museum number: T,14.9 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.149 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1086 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.43 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1895,0915.1087 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0413.125 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1645-1647

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.147 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0713.441 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1647

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0811.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1645-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1083 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1854,0513.13 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1645-1650

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.148 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1640-1645

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1085 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

drawing

Museum number: T,4.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1084 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaas VerkoljeAfter:Jan Boeckhorst |
Production date: 1688-1746

print

Museum number: 1882,0610.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wallerant VaillantAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1660-1675 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Gems of Art |
Museum number: 1872,0113.807 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LuptonAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1823-1825

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1680-1743

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:John Smith, the mezzotinter |
Production date: 1680-1743

print

Museum number: 1872,0511.452 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:John Smith, the mezzotinter |
Production date: 1680-1743

print

Title: The Dutch back-gammon players |
Museum number: 1938,0811.1 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPublished by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1750-1800

print

Museum number: 1877,0210.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van der BruggenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1665-1690

print; drawing book

Title: Landscape Animals in a Series of Progressive Studies |
Museum number: 1894,0721.11.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Marshall CraigAfter:Francesco Londonio |
Production date: 1811

print

Museum number: 1876,1014.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van der BruggenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1665-1690

print

Museum number: 1838,0420.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van der BruggenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1665-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1996,1103.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van der BruggenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1660-1670 |
Production place: Published in:Brussels

print; letterhead

Title: The Dutch Guittar-Man |
Museum number: 1996,1103.112 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1700-1750

print

Museum number: 1850,0713.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van der SteenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1671

print

Title: Le Philosophe Flamand |
Museum number: 1850,0713.108 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Bernard Lépicié |
Production date: 1744 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Les principaux tableaux du Musée Royal à La Haye, gravés au trait, avec leur description |
Museum number: 1987,0725.55.1-100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham Lion ZeelanderPrint made by:Jan Frederik Lange |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.321 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Marco Pitteri |
Production date: 1717-1786

print

Museum number: 1850,0713.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van der SteenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1630-1657

print

Title: Des joueurs de cartes Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.551 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Heinrich Guttenberg |
Production date: 1800-1806

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1855,0609.742 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1703

print

Museum number: R,1b.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1653

print

Museum number: 1850,0713.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van der SteenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1671

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IIAfter:Pieter Thijs |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Le Fumeur Flamand |
Museum number: 1850,0713.109 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Bernard Lépicié |
Production date: 1744 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: Gg,4E.86 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print

Title: Le Rémouleur Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.462 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich GuttenbergAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760-1770

print

Title: Fumus Gloria Mundi |
Museum number: 1847,0710.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham DelfosAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:Leiden

print

Title: Dutch Topers |
Museum number: 2010,7081.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrint made by:J H L |
Production date: 1690s-1700s

print

Museum number: 1932,0623.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1680-1720

print

Title: The Happy Couple |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1844 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1780s

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.323 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1667-1743

print

Title: Dutch-Boors |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1747 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1780s

print

Title: Chasse du heron Musée Français |
Museum number: 1856,0712.372 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Marie Alexandre Duparc |
Production date: 1805

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ludwig ZieglerAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1750-1800

print

Museum number: 1847,0710.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PetherAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2354 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1753-1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Flemish Delight |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1809 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1780s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Flemish Poet |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1811 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert SayerAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Winter Piece Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.529 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:J H Wright |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Thoughtful Shepherd |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1360 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurfordAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1790s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Quack Doctor |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3156 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1870,0813.639 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1753-1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Temptation |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1347 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1758-1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Flemish Poet |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1812 |
Producer name: Published by:John BowlesAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.3023 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Contented Shepherd |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2841 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurfordAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1770s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.108 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPublished by:John Smith, the mezzotinter |
Production date: 1682-1692 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Laboratory |
Museum number: 1850,0713.142 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Thomas Major |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Age and Avarice |
Museum number: 2010,7081.799 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carington BowlesAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1766-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ale-House Interior |
Museum number: 1876,1209.761 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Gamesters Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: Ll,6.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenIntermediary draughtsman:George Farington |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3348 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Alchymist |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4795 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DaweAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Playing at Cards |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2028 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard BrookshawAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1751-1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Brandy is the Liquor of Life |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1674 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WilsonAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1750s-1780s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: A Farm Yard |
Museum number: 2006,U.959 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Frederick James Havell |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dutch Carousal |
Museum number: 2010,7081.988 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert SayerAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760s-1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Philosopher laughing at Magick |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3108 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert SayerAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1760-1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.1942 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1750s-1770s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ale-House Interior |
Museum number: 1847,0710.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: A Farm Yard |
Museum number: 1861,1214.721 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Frederick James Havell |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Gamesters |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4800 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DaweAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Philosopher laughing at Magick |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3107 |
Producer name: Published by:Bowles & CarverAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1770-1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Flemish Club |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1057 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1746-1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Petit lendemain de Noce Flamande |
Museum number: 1850,0713.99 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Louis Surugue |
Production date: 1746 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Les misères de la guerre |
Museum number: 1850,0713.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1735-1783 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4797 |
Producer name: Print made by:Coryn BoelAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1635-1668

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4221 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Print made by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peeter van LisebettenAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van TroyenAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Series of Peasants |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4169 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1690

print

Title: La chasse aux oiseaux, vue de Flandre |
Museum number: 1875,0710.3024 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Thomas Major |
Production date: 1747 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Coryn BoelAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Monkeys |
Museum number: 1850,0713.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Coryn BoelAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1635-1668

print

Title: 4e Fête Flamande |
Museum number: 1849,0512.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1749-1751 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Dutch Cottage Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1653 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: F,3.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:David Teniers the YoungerPublished by:Abraham Teniers |
Production date: 1625-1690

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van der SteenAfter:Nicolaus van Hoy |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peeter van LisebettenAfter:Polidoro Lanzani |
Production date: 1654-1660

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