David Teniers the Younger

David Teniers de Jonge (Known as "David Teniers II")

Flemish Baroque Master, Court Painter to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Academy Founder

Born Dec 15, 1610

Antwerp, Belgium

Passed Away Apr 25, 1690 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant (Belgium)

Lifespan 79 years old

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"To capture art upon canvas is to give immortality to both the painter and the patron."

Archival Overview

Eminent Flemish painter and keeper of the royal art collection in Brussels who painted lively tavern kermesses, pioneering gallery interior paintings, and founded the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Biographical Record

Son of painter David Teniers the Elder and son-in-law of Jan Brueghel the Elder, Teniers became master in Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke in 1632. In 1651, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm appointed him court painter and curator of his vast princely art gallery in Brussels.

Teniers compiled the Theatrum Pictorium (1660), the first illustrated catalog of an art collection in European history. In 1663, he obtained royal letters patent from King Philip IV of Spain to found the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

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Final Resting Place

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Church of Saint-Denis (Sint-Denijs)
Vorst (Forest, Brussels), Belgium

                         GPS: 50.8111, 4.3167                    

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