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Johannes van Vliet

The Backgammon Players, c. 1630

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15 x 13.2 cm (5 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

sheet: 16.5 x 15 cm (6 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 54, State i/ii

Accession Number

2007.127.2

Artists / Makers

Johannes van Vliet (artist) Dutch, born c. 1610

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Inscription

by later hand, verso in graphite: B54 1st

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil [1778 - 1864], Paris (Lugt 2200); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Robert-Dumesnil, Alexandre-Pierre-François

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

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