Beschreibung:

Teniers the Younger (David, 1610-1690), circle of. The Temptation of Saint Antony, etching on thin laid paper without watermark, sheet 140 x 111 mm. (5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in), trimmed to image, some small loss to upper right edge, inset at edges onto paper mount, indistinct pen and brown ink inscription in the lower right corner, old attributions verso to Teniers and Bruegel, unframed, [early to mid 17th century] mounted on the same sheet as Teniers the Younger's Circle Dance, etching, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 107 x 134 mm. (4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in), trimmed to image, inset at edges onto paper mount, unframed, [circa 1635-1668] (2). Provenance: Unidentified [?]initials in brown ink in the upper left corner [Not in Lugt] Literature: (Circle Dance) Dutuit 22 ⁂ We have been unable to find an another impression of the print of Saint Antony, which bears old pencil attributions verso to both Bruegel and Teniers. The British Museum hold a copy in reverse, presumably after this print or possibly the original source, which is by the German printmaker G C Stich (see Nagler V.337).