A Dutch man playing trictrac with dice; behind, a man smoking a pipe and another man. Engraving by J. Beauvarlet, ca. 1755, after A. van Ostade.
- Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
- Date:
- [1755?]
- Reference:
- 3043039i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The man playing trictrac (tricktrack, backgammon) has a drinking glass and a clay tobacco pipe on the table. In the background is a wall of decorative stonework
Publication/Creation
A Paris (rue St. Jacques au Temple du Goût) : chez l'auteur, [1755?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 22.5 x 18.1 cm
Lettering
Le jeu de trictrac. Gravé d'après le tableau original d'Adrien Ostade, de la même grandeur qui est au cabinet de Mr. le Cte. de Vence, Maréchal des Camps et Armées du Roy. A. Ostade pinx. J. Beauvarlet sculp
References note
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters, London, 1910, vol. 3, Ostade no. 817, p. 392 ("Backgammon players")
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, vol. 2, Paris 1933, p. 260, no. 130 (described as not then in the Bibliothèque nationale)
Notes
Print bears coat of arms of the Comte de Vence below the image
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3043039i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores