Game of Backgammon

Artist
David Teniers (II)
Year
ca. 1640
Medium
Oil on Wood, Transferred to Canvas
Dimensions
59 × 80.6 cm
Subject
Movement

David Teniers the Younger’s lively depiction of figures engaged in a game of backgammon. Teniers was one of the most prolific Flemish genre painters, documenting the everyday pastimes and recreations of 17th-century life with warmth and humor.