DOI chapter:
The Works of David Teniers The Younger
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DAVID TENIERS.
590. Card-Players. An Interior, with a company of five arti-
sans, two of whom are seated at table, playing at cards; one of
them, an old man, in a red jacket and white cap, holds two aces in
his hand ; a third one of the party sits on the farther side of the
table ; the remaining two stand looking on. A spaniel lies in
front; three boors are in the back of the room, at a fire.
11 in. by 1 st. 3 in.—P. Value 100k
In the collection of the late Elisha Briscoe, Esq.
591. An Interior, with a company of six boors and a woman ;
the nearest to the spectator is a young man, seated in a chair,
with a pipe in his mouth, a jug in his hand, and his foot
placed on a block ; his next companion is an elderly man sitting
with a small table between his legs, on which stands a pot of
embers—he has a paper of tobacco in his hands ; a third boor
stands behind the latter, filling his pipe, &c.
Engraved by Vai. Green.
592. A Card Party. An Interior, with an assemblage of
nine persons, five of whom form a party, in front; two of them
are seated at a little table, playing at cards ; the others are
looking on. The nearest of the players is in his shirt, seated
on a tub, and seen in a hinder position ; an old woman over-
looks them from a little window. On the opposite side is a
man, with a jug in his hand, going out at a door.
1 st. 4 in. by 1ft. 3| in.
Engraved by W. Baillie, 1771 ; then in the collection of Sir James
Lowther, Bart.
593. A Party of nine Peasants, playing at bowls, in front
of two cottages ; three of them, with balls in their hands, stand
ready to throw ; five others, disposed round the mark, are
looking on ; and a single one sits on a form, midway between
them, with his back to the spectator, &c.
in. by 10| in.
Engraved by A. Moitte, under the title of Le Jeu de Cochonnet;
also etched by Teniers.
DAVID TENIERS.
590. Card-Players. An Interior, with a company of five arti-
sans, two of whom are seated at table, playing at cards; one of
them, an old man, in a red jacket and white cap, holds two aces in
his hand ; a third one of the party sits on the farther side of the
table ; the remaining two stand looking on. A spaniel lies in
front; three boors are in the back of the room, at a fire.
11 in. by 1 st. 3 in.—P. Value 100k
In the collection of the late Elisha Briscoe, Esq.
591. An Interior, with a company of six boors and a woman ;
the nearest to the spectator is a young man, seated in a chair,
with a pipe in his mouth, a jug in his hand, and his foot
placed on a block ; his next companion is an elderly man sitting
with a small table between his legs, on which stands a pot of
embers—he has a paper of tobacco in his hands ; a third boor
stands behind the latter, filling his pipe, &c.
Engraved by Vai. Green.
592. A Card Party. An Interior, with an assemblage of
nine persons, five of whom form a party, in front; two of them
are seated at a little table, playing at cards ; the others are
looking on. The nearest of the players is in his shirt, seated
on a tub, and seen in a hinder position ; an old woman over-
looks them from a little window. On the opposite side is a
man, with a jug in his hand, going out at a door.
1 st. 4 in. by 1ft. 3| in.
Engraved by W. Baillie, 1771 ; then in the collection of Sir James
Lowther, Bart.
593. A Party of nine Peasants, playing at bowls, in front
of two cottages ; three of them, with balls in their hands, stand
ready to throw ; five others, disposed round the mark, are
looking on ; and a single one sits on a form, midway between
them, with his back to the spectator, &c.
in. by 10| in.
Engraved by A. Moitte, under the title of Le Jeu de Cochonnet;
also etched by Teniers.