Artist
David Teniers the Younger
Works (8)
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels
1653
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery
1649
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels (IV)
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels
1651
The Good Samaritan
Landscape with Thatched Cottages
Peasants Dancing and Feasting
ca. 1660
Shepherds and Sheep
Timeline
Born in Antwerp in 1610, he studied under his father, David Teniers the Elder. He had to support his family by making copies of old masters as his father was frequently in financial trouble and even jailed for debt.1
In 1636, he participated in Rubens' project to decorate the Torre de la Parada for King Philip IV of Spain, creating a painting based on Rubens' design.1
In 1637, he married Anna Brueghel, daughter of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Rubens served as a witness at the wedding, and Rubens' second wife later became the godmother to Teniers' first child.1
Around 1650, he moved to Brussels to serve as court painter and curator for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, the Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands.1
He acquired about 400 paintings from the collection of the Duke of Hamilton (formerly of Charles I). This collection became the foundation of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.1
He founded the Antwerp Academy to train young artists and revive Flemish art, which had declined following the deaths of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.1