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A View of a Village with Three Peasants talking in the Foreground

David Teniers II (1610–1690)

The National Gallery, London

A View of a Village with Three Peasants talking in the Foreground

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David Teniers painted caricatures in imaginary landscapes, a background to his comic characters. Here, three men stand facing each other in a circle. One reaches into an inner pocket and looks with a shifty half-smile at the man in the blue coat, whose straight back hints at a military background. The old man on the left leans heavily on his stick, but the jaunty feather in his cap implies that he isn’t as feeble as he appears.

They resemble traditional characters from the ancient Greek comedy that still existed in the form of the Italian commedia dell’arte: Harlequin, the trickster; Pantalone, old and doddery but with his wits about him; and the Captain, a show-off and a coward at heart. And the man running away is a Zanne, an acrobat who would enthusiastically whack people with a slapstick before disappearing at the first sign of trouble.

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Title

A View of a Village with Three Peasants talking in the Foreground

Date

about 1645

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 112.5 x W 166.7 cm

Accession number

NG950

Acquisition method

Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876

Work type

Painting

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David Teniers II

1610–1690

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