Tavern scene in Holland/Netherlands (opium den?). Antique oil painting on wood attributed to David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690 AD). Size of the oil painting on wood: 11 inches x 8.5 inches = 28 cm x 21.4 cm; Size of the gilt wooden frame 14.7 inch x 13 inch = 37 cm x 32.8 cm; Weight of the painting in frame: 2 lb. 3.7 oz. = 1019 g; Provenance: private collection in Clearwater, Florida, USA. Attribution: Tavern Scene by Flemish artist David Teniers, c. 1658. Auction results: Christie’s: 288,500 GBP; 272,750 GBP; $341,000 USD. Biography: David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, and artist. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output.[1] He was an innovator in a wide range of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape painting, portrait and still life. He is now best remembered as the leading Flemish genre painter of his day.[2] Teniers is particularly known for developing the peasant genre, the tavern scene, pictures of collections and scenes with alchemists and physicians. He was court painter and the curator of the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, the art-loving Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands. He created a printed catalogue of the collections of the Archduke.[3] He was the founder of the Antwerp Academy, where young artists were trained to draw and sculpt in the hope of reviving Flemish art after its decline following the death of the leading Flemish artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck in the early 1640s.[4] He influenced the next generation of Northern genre painters as well as French Rococo painters such as Antoine Second attribution: A Dutch tavern scene by Jan Steen, late 17th century. A tavern is a type of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that has a license to put up guests as lodgers. The word derives from the Latin taberna whose original meaning was a shed, workshop, stall, or pub.