Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2579BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Manner of David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610-1690)
The Essence Vendor
Unsigned, identified on labels affixed to the reverse and to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 27.1 cm),unframed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, scattered paint losses, craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: Purchased at auction in Boston, November, 1844, by James Tolman.
Estimate $400-600
Labels on the reverse state, "Bought as a Tenier...by James Tolman...at the time of his marriage in 1844..."