David Teniers the Younger (1610-1694) was trained principally under his father, David the Elder, also famous for paintings of peasant episodes. In 1633 he became Master of the Guild of St. Lukes, and thereafter was Dean of the Guild and painter to the governor, Archduke Leopold William, a position which he continued to hold under the next governor, Don Juan of Austria. In 1663 he helped form the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. He painted innumerable pictures of peasant scenes, many of which have been rendered in tapestry. [Sidenote: 47, 48] BRUSSELS, XVIII CENTURY [Sidenote: _Wool and Silk._ No. 47: H. 11 _ft._ W. 8 _ft._ 9 _in._ No. 48: H. 11 _ft._ W. 8 _ft._ 9 _in._ ] TWO PEASANT SCENES: _In the first_ (_No._ 47) _a group of peasants has stopped to rest and talk beside a stream that comes tumbling down in broken cascades beneath a high stone bridge. On the hills in the background are farmhouses and the ruins of castles_. _In the second_ (_No._ 48) _a group of peasants sits and stands about under a tree in a meadow_, _in which cattle and goats wander._ _In the background is a farmhouse._ [Sidenote: Lent by _Duveen Brothers_.] These tapestries after Teniers are typical of his illustrations of life among the peasants and of his decorative and romantic yet realistic landscapes. They are in weaving and color of the best quality of examples of this type. [Illustration: _Triumph of Diana_ No. 37 ] [Illustration: _The Niobides_ No. 38 ] [Sidenote: 49] MORTLAKE, LATE XVII CENTURY [Sidenote: _Wool and Silk._ H. 10 _ft._ 4 _in._ W. 7 _ft._ 6 _in._ ] PEASANTS IN A LANDSCAPE: _A group of peasants has stopped by the wayside in a mountainous landscape. Above is a shield bearing the inscription "Iocatur in Parvis sorts ut cum Magna Mercede Fallat."_ [Sidenote: Formerly in the Collection of Sir John Ramsay.] The cartoon is after Teniers. The Mortlake renditions of these cartoons, which were borrowed from Flanders, have a clarity and sharpness that give them marked distinction. The towering mountain landscape is really impressive. [Sidenote: Lent by _Frank Partridge, Inc._] The rendition of the water is unusually realistic without any loss of decorative interest. The translation of water into a woven design is one of the most difficult problems of the craft. It has been given many solutions, of which this is the most naturalistic. [Sidenote: 50] BEAUVAIS, LATE XVII CENTURY [Sidenote: _Wool and Silk._ H. 10 _ft._ W. 8 _ft._ 8 _in._ ] HERMES AND THE SHEPHERD: _Hermes has taken the Shepherd's pipe, leaving the caduceus on the ground, and is attempting to play. They are in a wood with large flowers in the foreground. In the background there is a glimpse of a hilly landscape and a formal garden with fountains. Wide floral border._ [Sidenote: Lent by _Mrs. James Creelman_.]