The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory, Johannes van Wijckersloot (attributed to), 1643 - 1683
1683
98.0 x 121.0 cm
The card game on the crib: Allegory. On both sides of a crib in which a grown man lies as an infant two men play a card game. In the foreground, a young man holds up the heartbeat, behind the cradle a woman rocking the child, the other card player and a man with a sword. In the lower left corner, a man croaks with a mask.
Johannes van Wijckersloot (? – 1687)
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About this artwork
- Title: The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory, Johannes van Wijckersloot (attributed to), 1643 - 1683
- Artist: Johannes van Wijckersloot
- Year: 1683
- Original dimensions: 98.0 x 121.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color hue: Golden Yellow Range
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow