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Backgammon Game at Bergen, 1709
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Interior with four gentlemen: the Duke of Marlborough, Mr. van Ouwerkerk, the Duke of Villeroy, and the Elector of Bavaria, playing trictrac for the city of Mons (Bergen), 1709. In the background, King Philip V with a woman in the bedroom. On the sheet below the print, a one-column verse in Dutch. The print refers to the siege and capture of Mons by the Allies from the French in 1709.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTriktrak spel om Bergen, 1709. 1623 - 1653. Pieter Nolpe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.