About the Artwork
The Cheat
18th century
Charles Francois Hutin (Artist) French, 1715-1776 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Artist) Italian, 1571 - 1610 Pieter Tanje (Artist) Dutch, 1706-1761
Engraving printed in black on wove paper
plate: 11 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. 30.1 x 36.4 cm sheet: 27 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. 70.8 x 53.6 cm
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
1991.47
Public Domain
Markings
In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del:; lower right: P. Tanje Sculp:; lower left of bottom margin: Quadro di Michelangelo Merigi / da Caravaggio / dalla Galeria Reale di Dresde. / Largo piedi 4. onc. 10. Alto piedi 3. onc. 4.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Michelange Merigi / da Caravaggio / de la Galeria Roiale de Dresde. / Large 4. pieds 10. pouces. Haut 3. pieds 4. pouc.; lower right corner: 28.; in brown ink after Hutin's name: (abt. 1760); below Tanje's name: 1706-1760; in black ink, lower center: Soldiers playing cards.; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 69.
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Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN, Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 317 (title: The Cheat).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Pieter Tanje; after Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; after Charles Francois Hutin, The Cheat, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.47.
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