Artist
Frans van Mieris the Elder(Dutch, 1635–1681)Dutch, 1635–1681
ArtistPossibly
Jan van Mieris(Dutch, 1660–1690)Dutch, 1660–1690
CultureDutch
Titles
- Interior with Figures Playing Tric-trac
- Tric-Trac Players
Date1680
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 30 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (77.5 × 67.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 39 1/4 × 36 × 3 1/4 in. (99.7 × 91.4 × 8.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 39 1/4 × 36 × 3 1/4 in. (99.7 × 91.4 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1977.10
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
Exposé
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Department
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Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.
"Love Letters: A Theme in Dutch 17th Century Genre Painting," National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October 1–December 31, 2003; Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, January 31–May 2, 2004.
"Games and Dutch Art," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September 1–October 5, 2005.
"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.
"Communication: Visualizing the Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer," Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan, October 27–December 12, 2011; Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, December 23, 2011–March 14, 2012.
"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated upper right: F. van Mieris/Fecit An/1680
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Frans Pourbus the Younger
c. 1600
Oil on card
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Attributed to Anthony van Dyck
c. 1627
Oil on canvas
BF.1977.2