Additional description by the museum's website (© Copyright - by Mauritshuis - Mauritshuis)
John Everett Millais, England; his sale, London (Christie’s), 1 May 1897 (Lugt 55329), no. 99 (150 pounds); bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1912 (inv. no. SK-A-2574); on loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 2000
Structured details of the artpiece
| Name of the painting: | "Draughts Players" |
| Classification: | painting |
| Broad category: | classic art |
| Time: | 17th century |
| Created in: | 1652 |
| Artwork age: | 360 years |
| Original medium: | oil on canvas |
| Original artwork size: | height: 48,6 cm width: 38,1 cm |
| Signature on artpiece: | signed and dated: Michael Sweerts / fecit añ 1652 / Roma |
| Museum: | Mauritshuis |
| Place of the museum: | The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
| web page Museum: | www.mauritshuis.nl |
| Artwork license type: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| Creditline: | John Everett Millais, England; his sale, London (Christie’s), 1 May 1897 (Lugt 55329), no. 99 (150 pounds); bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1912 (inv. no. SK-A-2574); on loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 2000 |
About the artist
| Artist name: | Michael Sweerts |
| Other artist names: | Cavaliere Michael Suarts, Swart Michael, de Cavallier Swartz, Monsu` Michele Suarss fiammengo, Michele Suars fiammengo, Swarts Michael, Suerz Michiel, Cavaliere Michael Suars, Swart, Monsù Michele Suarss fiammengo, Michael Sweerts, Sweerts Suarssi, Michel Sweerts, de Cavellier Swartz, Chevalier Zwarts, Sweerts Michele Suars, Michel Suar, Michiello Suerts, Michele Suarssi, Cavaliere Suarts fiamengo, Monsù Michael Suars, Cav.re Suars, Michael Swerts, M. Sweerts, Sweerts Michiello Suerts, M. Sweers, Michael Sweers, Suezza, Cavaliere Swarte, Monsu Suars, Mon. Suars, Sweerts Michiel, Michele Suars, Le Chevalier Sweerts, Suars, Cavalier Swarts, C. Swarts, Michiel Sweerts, Sweerts M., Swarts, Monsù Michele Suarss, Sweerts Michael, Svarz, Sweerts |
| Gender of the artist: | male |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Professions of the artist: | printmaker, drawer, painter |
| Home country: | the Netherlands |
| Classification of the artist: | old master |
| Art styles: | Baroque |
| Lifetime: | 46 years |
| Birth year: | 1618 |
| Place of birth: | Brussels, Bruxelles region, Belgium |
| Died in the year: | 1664 |
| Deceased in (place): | Goa, Goa, India |
Product background info
| Product categorization: | art print |
| Reproduction: | digital reproduction |
| Production technique: | UV print / digital printing |
| Provenance: | manufactured in Germany |
| Type of stock: | on demand |
| Product usage: | home design, home décor |
| Alignment of the image: | portrait format |
| Side ratio: | 3 : 4 - length : width |
| Image ratio interpretation: | the length is 25% shorter than the width |
| Available variants: | canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper) |
| Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) size variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Poster print (canvas paper) options: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Aluminium print size variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Art print framing: | without frame |
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Article specifications
In 1652 the male Dutch artist Michael Sweerts painted this artwork. The version of the artwork measures the size: height: 48,6 cm width: 38,1 cm | height: 19,1 in width: 15 in. Oil on canvas was used by the artist as the technique for the painting. The original artwork was inscribed with the text: signed and dated: Michael Sweerts / fecit añ 1652 / Roma. Moveover, the artpiece is in the the art collection of Mauritshuis. This classic art public domain work of art is being provided with courtesy of Mauritshuis, The Hague. Creditline of the artwork: John Everett Millais, England; his sale, London (Christie’s), 1 May 1897 (Lugt 55329), no. 99 (150 pounds); bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1912 (inv. no. SK-A-2574); on loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 2000. Moreover, alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Michael Sweerts was a painter, printmaker, drawer, whose style can mainly be classified as Baroque. The Dutch artist was born in the year 1618 in Brussels, Bruxelles region, Belgium and passed away at the age of 46 in 1664 in Goa, Goa, India.
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