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Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.
- Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
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Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] (Nicolaus Visscher)
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 27.5 x 24.4 cm
Lettering
Haec sacra, spectator, superant simulata potentum Gaudia: ruricolas aulica cura fugit! Poetum suava placet, cerevisia rara, fritillus, Et casa; quis nobis ditior esse potest? J: de Visscher fecit. A: van Ostaden pinxit. N: Visscher solidá: excudit.
References note
C. Hofstede de Groot, Catalogue of Dutch painters, London, 1910, vol. 3, no. 832
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 24699i
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Languages
- Latin
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