Allegory of Gambling: Monkeys Playing a Board Game
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Allegory |
Date | ca. 1620 |
Dimensions | 7 x 9.2 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #546 |
Location/Most Recent Sale | Netherlands, Private Collection |
Tags | Games, Monkey, Fruit |
A variant attributed to the school of JBI contains monkeys feasting, dancing, and playing backgammon (panel, 33 x 47 cm). Last in the collection of Herbert Meade Featherstonhaugh, Upperpark, 1956, listed as by Teniers.