Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (Vienna)
| Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels | |
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| The Art Collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels | |
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| Artist | David Teniers the Younger  |
| Year | c. 1650 |
| Medium | oil paint |
| Dimensions | 123 cm (48 in) × 163 cm (64 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 44376 |
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and the artist in the archducal picture gallery in Brussels is a 1651 painting of
Description
The painting shows the Archduke as a collector with friends admiring a set of paintings. The artist himself holds his hat in his hand and is listening to his patron as the archduke gestures with his cane towards some recent acquisitions. The paintings are arranged in rows on a rear wall, with several others on the side of the vestibule on the left, and a set that are positioned in the foreground leaning against chairs for inspection.
History
This painting is a copy by the artist and one of the first that David Teniers the Younger prepared to document the Archduke's collection before he employed 12 engravers to publish his Theatrum Pictorium, considered the "first illustrated art catalog". He published this book of engravings after the Archduke had moved to Austria and taken his collection with him. It was published in Antwerp in 1659 and again in 1673.[2] The original version of this painting, with the figures arranged differently, is in the collection of Petworth House, south of London.
Paintings depicted
Most of the recognizable paintings in the collection, not all of which were included in the Italian catalog prepared by Teniers, are still in the Viennese collection. The full list of the depicted paintings is the same as the
References
- ^ GG_739 Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine in the Kunsthistorisches Museum collection
- ^ Online version of the Theatrum Pictorium, 1673
- RKD
- History of the Collection on museum website
- David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting, exhibition 19 October 2006 to 21 January 2007 on website of the Courtauld Institute of Art