Live Auction 29281TDCR-492 With 202 lot
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Lot 193 Property from a Belgian Private collection

Abraham Teniers (Antwerp 1629-1670)

Monkeys smoking, drinking and preparing a meal in a kitchen

Closed31 August 2025

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GBP 20,000–30,000

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Abraham Teniers (Antwerp 1629-1670)
Monkeys smoking, drinking and preparing a meal in a kitchen
oil on copper, with later panel additions
9 1⁄8 x 13 1⁄8 in. (23.2 x 33.3 cm.), with later additions of 3⁄8 x ¼ in. (1 x 0.8 cm) on each side

with Meffre, Paris, 1865.
Anonymous sale; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1895, lot 21, as 'David Teniers' (2,050 francs).
Jules van Goidsenhoven; Fievez, Brussels, 20 December 1930, lot 790, as 'David Teniers'.
Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Hoevelaken, and by descent to the following,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 9 November 2010, lot 54, as 'Studio of David Teniers II' (€73,000).

Specialist note

This lot relates to the picture of 1657 in a private collection, Paris.

The attribution was confirmed by Dr. Margret Klinge in private correspondence with a previous owner.