A Game of Cards
Artist/Maker
DatesMade: Made c.1660
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 65 x 58 cm h x w x d: Ram 76 x 66 x 5 cm
Inventory numberNM 510
AcqusitionTransferred 1865 Kongl. Museum
Other titlesTitel (sv): Spelparti Titel (en): A Game of Cards Titel (fr): Les Joueurs de cartes
DescriptionDescription: A fashionable young woman plays a game of cards with an officer in an elegant interior, while another man offers her a pipe. Images of card-players and smokers in taverns and brothels where soldiers and female prostitutes meet had a long tradition in Netherlandish art. The amorous context is suggested by the lady's foot-warmer, a utilitarian object but also a symbol of the lovelorn man who seeks to satisfy a woman by subjecting himself to her will.
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Collection
TechniquePainting
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