Nuptial Festival
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones
Accession Number
1967.14.10
Tags
Architecture ExteriorweddingFigure grouptownmusicdancinghappiness
About the Artist
David Teniers · 1610–1690
Mostly known for his small-scale cabinet paintings of rustic genre scenes. This artist was alternately known as both The Elder and The Younger (also Junior and Senior) as he was both the father of David Teniers III and the son of David Teniers I. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1632–3 after an apprenticeship to his father, with whom he also collaborated. In 1637 he married An...