Artwork
A peasant with his wife and child in front of the farmhouse
A peasant with his wife and child in front of the farmhouse is an oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painting artist David Teniers the Younger. It dates from 1650 and is held in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum.
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Subject & Meaning
These details identify the work as a genre scene of rural domestic life, emphasizing the peasant household’s agrarian setting and modest prosperity.
The painting shows a peasant man, woman, and child posed before a farmhouse, accompanied by a dog, a wheelbarrow, and vegetables such as a globe artichoke and a carrot. These details identify the work as a genre scene of rural domestic life, emphasizing the peasant household’s agrarian setting and modest prosperity. The inclusion of farm produce and livestock underscores themes of sustenance and everyday labor.
Technique & Style
Created around 1650 in Brussels, this oil painting by David Teniers the Younger is executed on a canvas support. The work measures 65 centimeters in height and 94.5 centimeters in width. As a genre scene, it depicts a rural domestic setting featuring a man, woman, child, and dog alongside agricultural elements such as a wheelbarrow, carrots, and globe artichokes, all situated before a farmhouse, characteristic of Teniers' focus on peasant life.
The piece is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, originating from the Adriaan van der Hoop bequest. The medium and support allow for the detailed rendering of textures and figures typical of Flemish genre painting of the mid-seventeenth century.
History & Provenance
The work is dated to 1650 and was created in Brussels by David Teniers the Younger. Its recorded provenance runs from the collector Gerrit Braamcamp to Adriaan van der Hoop, whose bequest brought the painting into public hands; it is today held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as part of the van der Hoop collection. The sources do not mention a specific commission for the painting, nor do they provide a specific inventory or accession number or any exhibition history for the work.
Overview
David Teniers the Younger's oil painting, "A peasant with his wife and child in front of the farmhouse," dates to approximately 1650. This work exemplifies the genre scene, a popular subject in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, by portraying an intimate moment of rural life. The composition centers on a family outside their humble dwelling, offering a glimpse into their daily existence.
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Artist
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, and artist.
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