Juliaen Teniers or Juliaan Teniers (

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1572–1615)Juliaen Teniers (I)
at the

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was a

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painter of figures and flower pieces. He was a member of the extended Teniers family of painters.F.J. van den Branden (1883), pp.751–752.

Life

He was born in Antwerp as the son of Juliaan Teniers, originally from

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and his father's second wife Joanna van Maelbeke. His father was a successful silk merchant who owned a house on the Handschoenmarkt in Antwerp. David had one sister and four brothers of whom

David Teniers the Elder David Teniers the Elder (158229 July 1649), Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp. Biography Having received his first training in the painter's art from his brother Juliaen, he studied under Rubens in Antwerp, and subsequently under Elshe ...

became a successful painter. He was the uncle of

David Teniers the Younger David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile arti ...

. He married Suzanna Coignet, the sister of the painter Gillis II Coignet on 23 April 1595. The couple had at least three children: Jan Baptist, Melchior en Joanna. Juliaan Teniers became a master of the

Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...

in 1595 and he joined the ''Gilde van de Armenbus'' (Guild of the Poor Box), a sort of collective insurance pool for artists in need which also played a social role. He and his wife lived in the Koningstraat until 1597, when they bought the house ''De Roos'' in the Vaartstraat. Between 1595 and 1608 he had at least eleven pupils, of whom only

Gaspar van den Hoecke Gaspar van den Hoecke (c. 1585–after 1648) was a Flemish Baroque painter of small devotional cabinet pieces in the manner of Frans Francken II. His sons Robert and Jan van den Hoecke were also painters. Van den Hoecke, who studied under Julia ...

and his half brother David the Elder still have any claim to fame. Juliaan Teniers died shortly before 11 March 1615.

Work

He was known as a figure painter and painter of flower pieces. Together with David Juliaan painted scenes for plays performed during the

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of the Archdukes in Antwerp. His paintings are deemed lost and only known through inventories. These inventories also make clear that he sometimes cooperated with

Joos de Momper Joos de Momper the Younger or Joost de Momper the Younger (1564February5, 1635) was a Flemish landscape painter active in Antwerp between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. Brueghel's influence is clearly evident in many of de Momp ...

and Claes van Cleve.F.J. van den Branden (1883), pp.751, Antwerpsch Archievenblad 21, p.322.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teniers, Juliaan 17th-century Flemish painters Flemish genre painters Flemish still life painters Artists from Antwerp Painters from Antwerp 1572 births 1615 deaths