TENIERS, David II, attr. - [ Portrait of a monk ], 17th c. Oil on copper, oval 8,5 x 6,3 cm; not signed, ms. inscription (not readable) on verso. In a orn. metal frame with hanging ring, laying down on dark red velvet, framed. Faint claw in the picture.
Small size portraits on copper were not rare in the 17th c. Attr. to the Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-Brussels 1690); one of his sons was a Recollet monk at Malines. According to a note, this portrait was authenticated by René Huyghe (1906-1997), a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings. Joined : a file of press cuttings relating to Teniers. Provenance : Paul Eeckhout with his stamp on verso of the frame (Lugt 824a).
TENIERS, David II, attr. - [ Portrait of a monk ], 17th c. Oil on copper, oval 8,5 x 6,3 cm; not signed, ms. inscription (not readable) on verso. In a orn. metal frame with hanging ring, laying down on dark red velvet, framed. Faint claw in the picture.
Small size portraits on copper were not rare in the 17th c. Attr. to the Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-Brussels 1690); one of his sons was a Recollet monk at Malines. According to a note, this portrait was authenticated by René Huyghe (1906-1997), a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings. Joined : a file of press cuttings relating to Teniers. Provenance : Paul Eeckhout with his stamp on verso of the frame (Lugt 824a).
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