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Tric-trac Players in a Castle Garden
Also titled Triktrakspelers in de tuin van een kasteel
Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam, 1587–1630)
1630
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 185 mm x width 301 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Esaias van de Velde made various depictions of merry companies in a garden. This is the only one with tric-trac players. This game was once considered to be gambling. This negative association is here enhanced by the jugs of alcohol in the foreground and the amorous couples. Just as in modern portrayals of casinos, such as in James Bond films, the women encourage the men immersed in the game.
