The Game of Cards, ca. 1660

  • Hendrik van der Burch, Dutch, 1627-after 1666

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 30 3/4 × 26 1/4 inches (78.1 × 66.7 cm)
  • 39 3/8 × 34 5/8 × 4 inches (100 × 87.9 × 10.2 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Newberry

29.2

On View

  • Dutch Golden Age, Level 3, South

Department

European Painting

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Newberry (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1929-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Hendrik van der Burch, The Game of Cards, ca. 1660, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Newberry, 29.2.