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The Gazette
(c. 1635)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
45.0 × 65.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Along with Adriaen Brouwer (1605/6–1638), David Teniers the younger is credited with transforming Flemish genre painting from the stylised scenes by Jan BruegelII and the flamboyant manner of Rubens to naturalistic portrayals of peasant life. His landscapes and interiors are painted in muted tones, and he captured still-life details and costumes with uncanny exactitude, lending his paintings a sense of authenticity that borders on reportage. An immensely popular artist, Teniers became an important teacher at the Antwerp Academy and was prominent at the Spanish Habsburg court in Brussels. His profound influence can be seen in later Flemish and Dutch genre painting.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: D TENIERS F
Accession Number
1051-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
drinking gazettes peasants revellers scenes (depictions) smoking (activity) taverns
Movements
Baroque