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This is a drawing of a Rococo-style interior or garden terrace featuring a group of well-dressed figures engaged in leisurely activities. The setting includes elaborate architectural and decorative elements, vases with floral arrangements, and intricately carved details. The characters are depicted in conversation and playing a board game, embodying the elegance and refinement of the Rococo period.
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This is a drawing of a Rococo-style interior or garden terrace featuring a group of well-dressed figures engaged in leisurely activities. The setting includes elaborate architectural and decorative elements, vases with floral arrangements, and intricately carved details. The characters are depicted in conversation and playing a board game, embodying the elegance and refinement of the Rococo period.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Elegant Company Playing Board Games

Johann Esaias Nilson

Date
1756
Medium
pen and gray ink with gray wash, corrected with white gouache, over traces of graphite, on laid paper, incised throughout, the verso reddened for transfer
Dimensions
sheet: 16.5 x 26.5 cm (6 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.134
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Woman
  • Table
  • Costume
  • Garden
  • Man
Provenance

(sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 December 1974, no. 3). (Paul Prouté, Paris, 1976). (Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich) in 1976. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Watermarks

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NGA object ID 139217. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.