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- Reference number
- P01813
- Author
- Teniers, David (Flemish)
- Title
- Archduke Leopoldo Guillermo at his picture gallery in Brussels.
- Chronology
- Ca. 1647
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 104,8 cm x 130,4 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- COLECCIONREAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Archduke Leopoldo Guillermo,
Governor of the Low Countries,
appears in the center of the
composition with his hat on. He is
in the magnificent gallery of
paintings and artworks he assembled
in Brussels while governing the Low
Countries. He is accompanied by
four gentlemen, one of whom is
Teniers, his court painter.
The artist's capacity to make small
paintings with figures, which
earned him so much fame, is used
here to serve his patron. He
achieves a special degree of
fineness in rendering the works
collected by the Archduke, many of
which now belong to the
Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna.
This painting belongs to a style
that was very fashionable among
Flemish collectors in the
eighteenth century: the picture
gallery. This fashion began with
some of Jan Brueghel's depictions
from the beginning of the century.
Aristocrats and the bourgeoisie
enjoyed having themselves depicted
in these works, which portrayed
them as connoisseurs or aficionados
of the art of Painting, making them
the perfect courtesans.
This work was commissioned by
Leopoldo Guillermo himself as a
gift for Felipe IV, as both shared
a love of painting. By 1653 it was
listed at Madrid's Alc
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