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The Card Game
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The legend of this print explains that the man’s debauched life has gone to the devil owing to the temptations of the gaming table and betting on dog- and cock-fights, like those seen in the painting hanging above. The man’s empty glass symbolizes to his vanished wealth, lost playing le jeu hollandais, perhaps the old Dutch card game pandoeren.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHet kaartspel. 1694 - 1737. Pieter van den Berge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
