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Feind Plays Chess with Herr Less
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Feind Plays Chess with Herr Less

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1776 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In an inn in Leiden, Feind plays chess with Herr Less. Soon there is disagreement over the stakes. A sober Dutchman calms the tempers and lights his clay pipe with a candle. Numbered in the upper right: 2.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFeind speelt schaak met Herr Less. 1776. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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