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| Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter |
Artist:David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels)
Date:ca. 1645–47
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:21 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (55.2 x 75.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Edith Neuman de Végvár, in honor of her husband, Charles Neuman de Végvár, 1964
Accession Number:64.65.5
Teniers’s talents as a still life painter, observer of folksy figures, and popular moralist are amply evident in this well preserved panel. By including Saint Peter in prison (Acts 12:5–11) as a background scene, the artist makes a pointed comparison between everyday life in his own time and that of King Herod.
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