The Card Party

Artist
Caspar Netscher
Year
ca. 1665
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (50.2 x 45.1 cm)

Caspar Netscher, a pupil of Ter Borch, was one of the most refined genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age, specializing in elegant scenes of fashionable society. His small-scale paintings of women in silk dresses engaged in quiet domestic activities were highly prized by collectors for their exquisite handling of fabric textures and their intimate, tranquil mood.