The Card Players — Michael Sweerts

Michael Sweerts. Painted c. 1646 - c. 1652.

This card game is interrupted by a brawl that has erupted. The players’ gazes and the outstretched arm of the man in front direct our attention to the right. The painting may symbolize idleness as a counterpart to Sweerts’ genre scenes of industrious artists from the same period. One person, however, is hard at ‘work’: a sly young pickpocket takes advantage of the chaos to rob the man in blue.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

oil paint (paint), canvas · Original size: 74 × 71 cm

Print: 74 × 71 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026386. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.