Artist Birthdays December 15 – DAVID TENIERS II

DAVID TENIERS II (December 15, 1610 – April 25, 1690)

• Nationality: Flemish
• Field: Painting
• Art Movement: Baroque
• ARTiFact: He earned a reputation for incredibly speedy workmanship, in fact, it is on record that he could finish an entire carefully executed oil painting in the late afternoon hours; these works became known as his “after dinners.”
• Notable Artwork (shown below): The Art Collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels, 1651.

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• Learn More About the Artist David Teniers II
• Park West Gallery Artist Biographies
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