BACKGAMMON PLAYERS MINIATURE, AFTER DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. MINIATURE ON IVORY; GILT BRONZE, GLASS, METAL, TEXTILE. SIGNED (DUPRE). 19TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZF0528
Backgammon players, inspired by David Teniers the Younger. Miniature on ivory framed (gilt bronze, metal, glass, textile); signed (Dupre). 19th century. Miniature showing an interior with a series of humble social class figures. In the centre of the composition are the backgammon players, accompanied by various objects and other figures. In the lower right corner, there is a signature (“Dupre”; perhaps Léon-Victor Dupré, a French artist who was born in Limoges in 1816 and died in Paris in 1879, known for his landscapes and a disciple of his brother Jules Dupré, he was part of the Barbizon School). The gilt bronze frame features classically influenced banded decoration on the front, an openwork ribbon trim on the top, and pieces on the back that allow it to be placed on a flat surface or hung. Compare this with the painting attributed to David Teniers the Younger in the National Gallery in London, entitled Backgammon Players and probably executed between 1640 and 1645; and, above all, with the one in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, attributed to the same master and dated between 1635 and 1637, also entitled Backgammon Players.
· Size: 11,5x6x11,5 cms.
500 €
