David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690) Peasant Smoking and Drinking By a Fire, Another Relieving Himself in the Background Signed with monogram upper left Oil on panel, 29.7 x 23.2 cm Provenance: - Collection Graf von Harrach, Vienna, 1926 (inv. no. 3225) - Auction Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 4 (offered together with its pendant) - Private collection, the Netherlands Literature: H. Ritschl, Katalog der Erlaucht Gräflich Harrachschen Gemälde-galerie in Vienna, Vienna, 1926, no. 53 Note: Inscribed with an old inventory number W.F.143. lower right. Registered at the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History in The Hague under number 13943. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Drs. Margret Klinge, dated 5 September 1996, in which she states that the work dates from the artist's later period whilst being active in Brussels. A comparable work, The Smoker (c. 1660), is part of the collection of the late art collector Jean-Pierre Pescatore (1793-1885). Until 1953, his collection was housed in Musée J.P. Pescatore Galerie Municipale Peinture Luxembourg (inv. no. 341). Currently the collection is housed in the Villa Vauban in Luxembourg City. Faults or imperfections are not recorded in the lot description. We encourage you to inspect the lots during our viewing days. Condition reports are available upon request.