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ID number: BIRBI-47.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Teniers the Younger, David (1610-1690) Title / Object name: The Bleaching Ground Object type: Painting Place made: possibly Antwerp Culture: Flemish Date made: 1640s Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 85 x 120.5 cm Provenance: Royal Collection, Madrid; brought to Paris during the Napoleonic Wars; purchased by Mr Thomas Emmerson for 25,000 francs, 1828; Emmerson sale, Phillips, London, 1 May 1829 (lot 159), purchased by Brown for 560 guineas; acquired before 1831 by the Marquess of Ailesbury, remained with the family until 1947; Hector Bruce Binney; Purchased from Hector Bruce Binney in 1947 for £2,500. |
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The women of an unidentified town gather for the first spring wash after the long winter months. The setting is a communal bleaching ground with its wells and an open wash house to the right. This is located outside the town walls where there is space to lay out the linen in the sun. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed I.r.: DAVID TENIERS F Notes: Exhibited: British Institution, London, 1829, no. 85; British Institution, London, UK, 1867, no. 86; 'Old Masters', Royal Academy, London, UK, 1881, no. 81; '17th Century Art in Europe', Royal Academy, London, UK, 1938, no. 99; 'Bruegel, une dynastie de peintures', Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 18 September 1980 - 18 November 1980, no. 207; 'David Teniers the younger', Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium, 12 May 1991 - 01 September 1991, no. 27; 'David Teniers der Jüngere 1610 - 1690. Alltag und Vergnügen in Flandern', Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, 04 November 2005 - 19 February 2006, no. 34. |
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1 Related People | |
| Teniers, David the younger Flemish 1610 1690 | |
2 Related Publications | |
| A catalogue raisonné of [...] Dutch and Flemish painters Smith, J. 1831 | |
| David Teniers der Jüngere 1610-1690: Altag und Vergnügen in Flandern Klinge, Margret and Ludke, Dietmar Kehreh 2005 | |
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