Circle of Lucas van Leyden (Leyden c. 1494-1533)

Figures playing backgammon in an interior

Details

Circle of Lucas van Leyden (Leyden c. 1494-1533)
Figures playing backgammon in an interior
oil on panel
125/8 x 15¼ in. (32.1 x 38.9 cm.)

Provenance

Figdor, Berlin; his sale, P. Cassirer, Berlin, 29-30 September 1930, lot 55.
Staatlichen Museen Berlin; sale J. Böhler, Munich, 9 June 1937, lot 688.
Anon. Sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 8 November 1961, lot 73, as 'Dutch Master circa 1530'.

Literature

I.Q. van Regteren Altena, in Oud Holland, LVI, 1939, pp. 129-137, illustrated p. 136, fig. 10, as 'Aertgen van Leyden (?)'.
J.P. Cuzin, in catalogue of the exhibition, Georges de La Tour and his world, 1996, p. 189, fig. 7, note 12.

Lot Essay

This composition must have enjoyed considerable popularity as it is found in at least three other versions (Anon. Sale, Finarte, Milan, 27 April 1978, lot 78; with Glücksspiel; and Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 26 October 1990, lot 144). J.P. Cuzin, op. cit., believes the present painting to be the highest quality of the versions known to him.

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