A Game of Backgammon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R4554
People: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, French (Abbeville 1731 - 1797 Abbeville)
After Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch (Haarlem 1610 - 1685 Haarlem)
Title: A Game of Backgammon
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Le jeu de trictrac
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/240004

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 22.5 × 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Plate: 26.5 × 19.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 × 23 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. II, no. 130, p. 260; Meyer 78; LeBlanc 45

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R4554
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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