Fiddler in a Tavern
Artist
David Teniers the Younger
(Flemish, 1610 – 1690)
Datec. 1643
CultureFlemish
MediumOil on wood panel
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN243
Teniers achieved success producing rowdy scenes of peasant life. The man in the foreground of this tavern scene is playing a kit, a kind of pocket fiddle, designed to make music to accompany dancing.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall West
Collections
Frame: 21 5/8 × 26 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (55 × 67.5 × 9 cm)
Lucas Cranach the Younger
17th century
