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The Gamblers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two middle-class men (plainly, yet neatly dressed) and an officer (identifiable by his elegant clothing and dagger) are absorbed in their game. Two peasants look on. The man standing at the left is just about to throw the dice. Games of chance, certainly when they involved money, were denounced from the pulpit. Yet here Teniers is not passing judgment: he is simply recording the scene.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe dobbelaars. c. 1640. David Teniers (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
