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Casting the Dice for Life or Death
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Casting the Dice for Life or Death

Jan van Huchtenburg · 1680 - 1720 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

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

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The dice game for life. Two prisoners gamble on a drum outside a fortress. A group of officers and soldiers has gathered around the players. On the left, soldiers watch from a fortress wall. On the right, a gallows.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCasting the Dice for Life or Death. 1680 - 1720. Jan van Huchtenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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