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- Reference number
- P01812
- Author
- Teniers, David (Flemish)
- Title
- The Guard
- Chronology
- 1640-1650
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 67 cm x 52 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
The foreground display of numerous
military elements, banners, drums,
cuirasses and weapons, leads to a
genre painting showing some
soldiers resting in the background.
On the left of the composition, one
of the pages works to hang up the
soldiers' clothes.
Here, as in his other works,
Teniers shows his capacity to use
light to achieve a perfect
representation of the qualities of
the objects depicted. At the same
time, the semidarkness in most of
the room relates this composition
to the artist's habitual indoor
scenes, which offer a very
realistic view of everyday life in
Flanders.
There are several versions of this
work, and some of its figures,
including the page, are used by the
author in other similar works, as
well. This version was documented
as part of Carlos IV's collection
in the Casita del Pr
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