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The Gamesters

Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677) (follower of)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

The Gamesters

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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A group of off-duty soldiers play cards in their barracks, their weapons temporarily set aside. The artificial light casts long shadows and picks out their clothes and faces, hinting, perhaps, that we are looking at a group of portraits. The painting is one of a series showing men playing various games which appear to have been produced by an anonymous follower of the French artist Mathieu Le Nain. The Master of the Games, as the artist is known, was probably Flemish and worked in Paris.

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Title

The Gamesters

Date

probably early 1650s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 85 x W 114.3 cm

Accession number

41.8

Acquisition method

purchased, 1941

Work type

Painting

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