Gamesters

1651

Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Hans Holbein the Younger

Artist After, German, 1497/1498 - 1543

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Artist After, Flemish, 1596 - 1675

This is a drawing of a group of people around a table. Five figures are sitting around a table scattered with playing cards or notes, dice, and coins. In the upper part of the drawing, skeletal and demonic figures emerge from a window, creating an ominous presence over the seated individuals. The architecture surrounding them is ornate, with two figures akin to statues flanking the scene. Below them sit cherub-like figures, one holding an hourglass. Above the main window display, a skull is centrally placed between two reclining cherubs on an additional architectural element.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with border "Democritus and Heraclitus" (Pennington 233A)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4901

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1152, State i/iv

  • Series Title

    Dance of Death [Pennington 233-262]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 588); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1152, state i/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q64962497

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