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The Card Game
Pieter van den Berge (mentioned on object), 1694 - 1737
The legend of this print explains that the man’s debauched life has gone to the devil owing to the temptations of the gaming table and betting on dog- and cock-fights, like those seen in the painting hanging above. The man’s empty glass symbolizes to his vanished wealth, lost playing le jeu hollandais, perhaps the old Dutch card game pandoeren.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1890-A-15893
- Dimensionsheight 273 mm x width 170 mm
- Physical characteristicsetching, coloured à la poupée