abraham teniers was a flemish painter and engraver who specialized in genre paintings of villages, inns and monkey scenes. he was a member of artist family teniers which came to prominence in the 17th century. he was also active as a publisher. abraham teniers was born in antwerp where he was baptized on 1 march 1629. he was the son of the prominent genre painter david teniers the elder and dymphna cornelisse de wilde (also called 'dym…