Peasants in a Tavern, c. 1633

Not on View

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 31.8 x 40.5 cm (12 1/2 x 15 15/16 in.)

framed: 48.3 x 56.5 x 4.4 cm (19 x 22 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Ely Pflieger, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.140.1

Artists / Makers

David Teniers the Younger (artist) Flemish, 1610 - 1690

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: D Teniers f 16[44]; by unknown hand, across top reverse: N.3 [Anti?] Dining Room; by unknown hand, center reverse: No3 Anti / Dining Room / Lord George / Cavendish

Provenance

George Augustus Henry Cavendish [1754-1834], Cambridge, England.[1] Robert Pflieger; his nephew, John Ely Pflieger [1931-2018], Washington, D.C.; gift (partial and promised) October 1991 with his wife, Donna Carlson Pflieger, to NGA; gift completed December 1991.

[1] Cavendish was known as Lord George Cavendish prior to 1831, when he became Baron Cavendish, 1st earl of Burlington.

Associated Names

Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, George Augustus Henry
Pflieger, John Ely, Mr. and Mrs.
Pflieger, Robert

Exhibition History

1998: A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 55.

Bibliography

2005: Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 236-239, color repro.

2020: Libby, Alexandra. “From Personal Treasures to Public Gifts: The Flemish Painting Collection at the National Gallery of Art.” In America and the Art of Flanders: Collecting Paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their Circles, edited by Esmée Quodbach. The Frick Collection Studies in the History of Art Collecting in America 5. University Park, 2020: 140.