The Later Governors, 1633-1665

David Teniers dominated Flemish painting after the end of the Eighty Years War in 1648. The brother-in-law of Jan Brueghel the Elder he specialised in scenes that capture the gaiety and excesses of everyday life. Teniers portrayed interiors and exteriors with veracity and humour.

 

A relief embellished with a garland of roses
A cartouche embellished with a garland of flowers
Venus with satyrs and cupids
Landscape with a rainbow
Fishermen on the sea-shore
Interior of a kitchen with an old woman peeling turnips
Interior of a farmhouse, ‘The Stolen Kiss’
The Drummer
A Kermis on St George’s Day
The Virgin and Child (after Titian)
Virgin and Child with saints (after Titian)
A Cabinet of pictures
The family of Jan-Baptista Anthoine