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The Game of the Constitution
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A throwing game with 63 compartments. In the center the game rules. In the compartments images of the life and teaching of the Jansenist Pasquier Quesnel and its consequences. To the left and right above the participants in a church council are depicted as geese. In the middle top a poem mocking among others the teaching of the infallibility of the Pope. To the left and right 14 short poems. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Games and Entertainment; parlor games, board games and the like.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet Spel van de Constitutie. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
