Draughts Players
Two boys are sitting in a dark room playing draughts, while a few others look on. The boys are dressed in the latest Italian fashion and evidently belong to the upper class. Michael Sweerts came from Brussels, but made this painting in Rome, where he lived for some time. Many of his paintings have a mysterious atmosphere, created by the contrasts between light and dark, and often by the unclear si…
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Creator
- Michael Sweerts
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1652 - 1652
- 1652/1652
- 1652/1652
Medium
- canvas
- Canvas
Creator
- Michael Sweerts
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1652 - 1652
- 1652/1652
- 1652/1652
Medium
- canvas
- Canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- 1121
- resource_document_mauritshuis_1121
Format
- 38.1 cm
- 48.6 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:17.608Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z
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