Description
Before a rustic inn, a group of villagers converse, embrace, and dance to a bagpiper’s tune. Teniers was one of many Netherlandish artists whose paintings celebrate the joys of country life. These delicately painted works were created primarily for an elite urban audience nostalgic for a simpler existence.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1996-); Frances W. Ingalls [1926-1996], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1962-1996); Jane Taft Ingalls [1874-1962], Cleveland, OH, by descent to her daughter-in-law, Frances W. Ingalls (1949-1962); Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Jane Taft Ingalls (1949); Baron Louis de Rothschild [1882-1955], East Barnard, VT, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel (1946-1949); In possession of the United States Forces in Austria (USFA), restituted to Louis de Rothschild (1945-1946); In possession of the Nazis; selected by Hitler for the Führermuseum, Linz (1938-1945); Baron Louis de Rothschild [1882-1955], Vienna, confiscated by the Nazis (Probably 1911-1938); Baron Albert de Rothschild [1844- 1911], Vienna, by descent to his son, Baron Louis de Rothschild (Probably until 1911)
Accession Number
1996.271
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
Framed: 69 x 96.5 x 8 cm (27 3/16 x 38 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 49 x 78 cm (19 5/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of the Frances W. Ingalls Trust
