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The Works of David Teniers The Younger
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428 DAVID TENIERS.
634. Villagers merry-making. The happy scene is repre-
sented as passing in the enclosed court of a guinguette; a youth-
ful couple are dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy and a
triangle, played by a man and a boy, who are at the side of the
house, on the right; at the door of which a woman is entering,
and three peasants stand near it. On the opposite side is a man,
wearing a yellow jacket and a red cap, sitting on a form, with
his arm round the neck of a woman; beyond them is a boor
leaning against some paling. The whole company consists of
about twenty-one persons. A beautiful example of the artist,
rich in colour and sparkling in effect.
9| in. by 1ft. 1^ in.—P.
Now in the collection of Peter Rainier, Esq.
635. Soldiers Bourgeois. The Interior of a farm-house, with
a party of four military at table, in front; two of whom are
seated, and one of these, dressed in a cuirass over a jacket with
green sleeves, is puffing the smoke of his pipe from his bps; a
third, in a brown dress, stands at the side, filling his pipe ; and
the remaining one is beyond him, with a halbert in his hand.
A cuirass and a helmet lie on the ground, on the left. A second
company, of six persons, is seen in an adjoining room.
636. The Companion. An Interior, with a party of four
military bourgeois, two of whom are playing at tric-trac; one
of the gamesters is an old man, in a blue dress; a drab hat
hangs on the back of his chair, and a pitcher stands on the
ground by his side; his adversary, wearing a buff jerkin and a
drab hat with feathers, stands on the opposite side of the table,
prepared to throw the dice ; one of the remaining two persons is
seated with a jug in his hand, the other stands behind him,,
pressing the tobacco in his pipe. Two groups of military are
seen in an adjoining room. Some armour and military weapons
634. Villagers merry-making. The happy scene is repre-
sented as passing in the enclosed court of a guinguette; a youth-
ful couple are dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy and a
triangle, played by a man and a boy, who are at the side of the
house, on the right; at the door of which a woman is entering,
and three peasants stand near it. On the opposite side is a man,
wearing a yellow jacket and a red cap, sitting on a form, with
his arm round the neck of a woman; beyond them is a boor
leaning against some paling. The whole company consists of
about twenty-one persons. A beautiful example of the artist,
rich in colour and sparkling in effect.
9| in. by 1ft. 1^ in.—P.
Now in the collection of Peter Rainier, Esq.
635. Soldiers Bourgeois. The Interior of a farm-house, with
a party of four military at table, in front; two of whom are
seated, and one of these, dressed in a cuirass over a jacket with
green sleeves, is puffing the smoke of his pipe from his bps; a
third, in a brown dress, stands at the side, filling his pipe ; and
the remaining one is beyond him, with a halbert in his hand.
A cuirass and a helmet lie on the ground, on the left. A second
company, of six persons, is seen in an adjoining room.
636. The Companion. An Interior, with a party of four
military bourgeois, two of whom are playing at tric-trac; one
of the gamesters is an old man, in a blue dress; a drab hat
hangs on the back of his chair, and a pitcher stands on the
ground by his side; his adversary, wearing a buff jerkin and a
drab hat with feathers, stands on the opposite side of the table,
prepared to throw the dice ; one of the remaining two persons is
seated with a jug in his hand, the other stands behind him,,
pressing the tobacco in his pipe. Two groups of military are
seen in an adjoining room. Some armour and military weapons