The Armorer's Shop

Artist David Teniers the Younger Flemish, 1610–1690

Artistand Attributed to Jan Brueghel the Younger Flemish, 1601–1678

Datecirca 1640–1645

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions22 1/4 x 31 3/4 in. (56.5 x 80.6 cm)
Frame: 31 x 40 1/2 in. (78.7 x 102.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.116

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ProvenanceCreated Antwerp, Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1640–1645. Philippe-François de Mérode (1669–1742), 2nd Prince of Rubempré; Rubempré estate; [his sale, P. de Bast, Brussels, April 11, 1765, no. 46, as by Teniers, bought in?]; [his sale, Brussels, Gilles de Bel, August 8, 1766), no. 15, as by Teniers. Edmund Higginson (1803–after 1860), Saltmarshe Castle, Herefordshire, England, before 1842 [2]; [his sale, Christie & Manson, London, June 4–6, 1846, no. 144, as The Armourer, by Teniers] [1]. Probably Chapman Walker. Probably Humphrey Ward (1845–1926), Oxford, England. Edmond Noël, Paris; [his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 27, 1924, no. 23, as L’Armurier, by Teniers]; [Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York]; Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, 1924; lent to Art Institute of Chicago, 1924- 1933; bequeathed to Art Institute of Chicago, 1933 [3]; deaccessioned by Art Institute of Chicago, 1947; [E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, 1947]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] There was a second Higginson sale, run by Christie, Manson & Woods, London on June 16, 1860. No copy of the catalogue has been located in order to verify whether this painting appeared in the second Higginson sale.
[2] Purchased for Higginson by “Mr. Arteria.”

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