School of Caravaggio, 17th Century
The Cardsharps,
oil on canvas, 92.5 x 134 cm, framed
The present painting relates to Caravaggio’s composition dated to around 1595 in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (inv. no. AP 1987.06). The number of extant period copies of this work are a testament to its popularity from its earliest history in Cardinal del Monte’s collection and subsequently in the Barberini collection, Rome.
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The Cardsharps,
oil on canvas, 92.5 x 134 cm, framed
The present painting relates to Caravaggio’s composition dated to around 1595 in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (inv. no. AP 1987.06). The number of extant period copies of this work are a testament to its popularity from its earliest history in Cardinal del Monte’s collection and subsequently in the Barberini collection, Rome.