[Flemish school] TENIERS, David II (follower of) The monkeys at school. 17th c Drawing, pen, brown ink and grey wash, 23,8 x cm, laid paper with Parisian watermark (Heawood: A[heart]C), apocryphally signed "D. Teniers" (foxing, sm. hole in left top corner, several brown stains). Mounted on a cardb. support and under frame. A typical subject of the large and varied series of "singeries" figuring apes imitating human behaviour, a popular theme in 17th Century society particularly in Antwerp. Introduced by Pieter van der Borcht developped and promoted by David II Teniers (1610-and practiced by Sebastian Vrancx Jan I and Ferdinand van Kessel Frans II Francken, Jan Brueghel (I & II) and Abraham Teniers Special thanks to Dr Bert Schepers, Centrum Rubenianum, Antwerp. See also lot "Dancing Monkeys in a Tavern".
[Flemish school] TENIERS, David II (follower of) The monkeys at school. 17th c Drawing, pen, brown ink and grey wash, 23,8 x cm, laid paper with Parisian watermark (Heawood: A[heart]C), apocryphally signed "D. Teniers" (foxing, sm. hole in left top corner, several brown stains). Mounted on a cardb. support and under frame. A typical subject of the large and varied series of "singeries" figuring apes imitating human behaviour, a popular theme in 17th Century society particularly in Antwerp. Introduced by Pieter van der Borcht developped and promoted by David II Teniers (1610-and practiced by Sebastian Vrancx Jan I and Ferdinand van Kessel Frans II Francken, Jan Brueghel (I & II) and Abraham Teniers Special thanks to Dr Bert Schepers, Centrum Rubenianum, Antwerp. See also lot "Dancing Monkeys in a Tavern".
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