A Game at Chess
Within an oval, two women play chess at a square table, their game watched by a young man. All three wear turbans, and they are accompanied by three dogs, with pillars and drapery framing the figures.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Game at Chess
- Artist and publisher: James Bretherton (British, active 1750–99)
- Artist: After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
- Date: 1780
- Medium: Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 20 3/4 in. (34.4 × 52.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
- Object Number: 66.544.22
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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James Bretherton
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1770–80
James Bretherton
Henry William Bunbury
March 6, 1772
James Bretherton
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
second half 18th century
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December 20, 1773
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