Early Life and Family Background Born: Antwerp, then in the Spanish Netherlands, baptised on December 15, 1610. David Teniers the Younger came from a family deeply rooted in the artistic tradition of Flanders. His father, David Teniers the Elder, was also a painter, and his younger brothers Juliaan, Theodoor and Abraham all became painters as well. Training: He studied under his father from 1626, receiving his foundational training in painting techniques and styles. His father was frequently in debt and was at times jailed for it, so the young David made copies of old master painting…