Circle of David II Teniers (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)

Figures in a village

Details

Circle of David II Teniers (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Figures in a village
油彩画布
19.4 x 24.9 cm.

来源

Possibly a gift by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708- 1759) to the Russian Emperor in 1755 (according to a label on the reverse).
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, by 1870 (according to an old note accompanying the painting).

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拍品专文

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams was appointed British ambassador to the Russian court and travelled to St. Petersburg in 1755. He introduced his protégé, the Polish noble Stanislaw Poniatowski, to the future Catherine the Great of Russia, starting their famous liason.

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