Peasants Playing Cards and Skittles in a Yard

David Teniers The Younger, 1610 - 1690



Peasants Playing Cards and Skittles in a Yard

David Teniers The Younger 1610 - 1690

Summary

Teniers' peasants are enjoying a leisurely afternoon outside a tavern: card players decide their next move and a bowler is poised to roll his ball. The prancing, carefree dog in the foreground adds a delightful detail. Teniers was a well-connected Flemish artist and came from an established family of painters. In 1637 he married Anna Bruegel, the granddaughter of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who was famed for his paintings of peasants and landscapes. Teniers was greatly influenced by both him and Frans Francken the Younger.

Display Label

Peasants playing skittles and cards mid 1600s David Teniers, the Younger 1610-90 Oil on panel Teniers’ peasants are enjoying a leisurely afternoon outside a tavern: card players decide their next move and a bowler poises to roll his ball. The prancing, carefree dog in the foreground adds a delightful detail. Teniers was a well-connected Flemish artist and came from an established family of painters. In 1637 he married Anna Bruegel, the granddaughter of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who was famed for his paintings of peasants and landscapes. Teniers was greatly influenced by him, as well as Frans Francken the Younger, whose work hangs nearby. Assheton Bennett bequest 1979.507


Object Name

Peasants Playing Cards and Skittles in a Yard

Date Created

1650-1660

Dimensions

unframed: 27.8cm x 37.3cm
framed: 41.8cm x 50.7cm

accession number

1979.507

Place of creation

Belgium

Support

panel

Medium

oil paint

On Display

[G14] Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery 14
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Credit

Bequeathed by Mr and Mrs Assheton-Bennett.

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