Peasants in a Tavern
c. 1633
Artist, Flemish, 1610 - 1690
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1991.140.1
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q20177123