BACKGAMMON PLAYERS MINIATURE, AFTER DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. MINIATURE ON IVORY; GILT BRONZE, GLASS, METAL, TEXTILE. SIGNED (DUPRE). 19TH CENTURY.

Backgammon players, inspired by David Teniers the Younger. Framed miniature on ivory (gilt bronze, metal, glass, textile); signed (Dupre). XIX century. Miniature showing an interior with a series of humble social class characters. In the center of the composition, the backgammon players are located, accompanied by various objects and other characters. In the lower right corner, there is a signature (“Dupre”; perhaps Léon-Victor Dupré, a French artist who was born in Limoges in 1816 and died in Paris in 1879, known for his landscapes and a disciple of his brother Jules Dupré, was part of the Barbizon School). The gilt bronze frame presents a banded decoration of classical influence on its front, an openwork bow finish at the top, and pieces on the back that allow it to be placed on a flat surface or hung. Compare with the painting attributed to David Teniers the Younger in the National Gallery, London, titled Backgammon Players, probably painted between 1640 and 1645; and, above all, with the one in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, attributed to the same master and dated between 1635 and 1637, also entitled Backgammon Players.

· Size: 11,5x6x11,5 cms.