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. He was a member of the extended Teniers family of painters. He was known for

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and flower paintings.F.J. van den Branden (1883), pp.751–752.

Life

He was born in Antwerp as the eldest son of Juliaen 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. Juliaen had one sister and four brothers of whom

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became a successful painter. He was the uncle of the painters

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 artist ...

and

Abraham Teniers Abraham Teniers (1 March 1629 – 26 September 1670) was a Flemish painter and engraver who specialized in genre art, genre paintings of villages, inns and monkey scenes. He was a member of artist family Teniers which came to prominence in the 1 ...

. He married Suzanna Coignet, the sister of the painter

Gillis II Coignet Gillis II Coignet (September 1586 in Antwerp – after 1641 in Antwerp) was a Flemish history and landscape painter. Gillis II was the son of Jacob Coignet (III) and Hester van Beringen. He married Magdalena van der Beken on 29 September 1609. He ...

on 23 April 1595. The couple had at least three children: Jan Baptist, Melchior en Joanna. He became a master of the Guild of St. Luke in 1595. He also 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

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and his brother David the Elder still have any claim to fame. In 1610 Teniers was sued for the late delivery of commissioned paintings. In his defence he argued that he was busy making altarpieces for a church in

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and for the monastery of Saint Stephen in Aalst. Teniers died shortly before 11 March 1615.

Work

He was known as a painter of history, genre and flower subjects. Together with his brother David, Juliaen painted scenes for plays performed during the

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