The Card Game, Pieter van den Berge, 1694 - 1737
etching, coloured à la poupée, h 273mm × w 170mm More details
The legend of this print explains that the man’s debauched life has gone to the devil owing to the temptations of the gaming table and betting on dog- and cock-fights, like those seen in the painting hanging above. The man’s empty glass symbolizes to his vanished wealth, lost playing le jeu hollandais, perhaps the old Dutch card game pandoeren.
