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Party of Armenians Playing Cards

Jean Baptiste Vanmourca. 1720 - ca. 1737

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Men and women while away the evening playing cards. The atmosphere is informal: the man in the foreground shows keen interest in his dining partner. As in Vanmour other ‘Turkish’ paintings, he accurately documented the details of the clothing, such as the fur-trimmed coats typically worn by Armenian men.

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  • Title: Party of Armenians Playing Cards
  • Creator: Vanmour, Jean Baptiste
  • Date Created: ca. 1720 - ca. 1737
  • Physical Dimensions: doek
  • Subject Keywords: politieke geschiedenis, Turkije
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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