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Figures playing cards in an interior/ Une partie de cartes (Le jeu de cartes)
Lost Art-ID
572295
Artist
Velsen, Jacob Jansz. van
Death
16.09.1656, Amsterdam
Place of activity
Delft
First mentioned
1625
Title
Figures playing cards in an interior/ Une partie de cartes (Le jeu de cartes)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel / painted
Measures
17 1/2 x 14 in; 45 x 36 cm
Height
44.00 cm
Width
36.00 cm
Description
A table with a jug, behind it a man with thick hair and cards in his hand. Beside the table a young woman with a blue robe. Behind her is another young woman's white headscarf and red sleeves.
Provenance
W. E. Duits, Amsterdam, 1929; exhibited at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1929, p. 44, no. 155; Collection W.E. Duits, sold in Amsterdam, 1930; Richard Semmel, Berlin; offered at auction Muller, Amsterdam 21.11.1933, no. 63; sold for 1,250 hfl (according to Weltkunst, JG VII, No. 52/53 v. 24.12.1933); 07.12.1935 Auction gallery Moos, Geneva, collections Jan W. Vos, Amsterdam and H. Schauwecker, Brussels, no. 74, fig. 28, sold there according to world art for 3,860 sfr; October 3, 1996, at Sotheby New York, No. 174, 10,000-15,000 $, purchased here by Christoph Müller, exhibited 1997 in Ulm (The Visible World), cat. No. 98, p. 254; Collection Museum Schwerin, no. G 3935
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