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DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1610-BRUSSELS 1690)
A Kermis on St George's Day
Signed and dated 1649Oil on canvas | 79.7 x 88.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405952
Kermis, literally ‘church-mass’, is a religious service followed by the festivities on display here. Though a comedy, with as many varieties of folly as Teniers can invent, this scene would still have seemed an appropriate way to honour a saint.
Acquired by George IV in 1821
Acquired by George IV in 1821
