Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767, Das Lombre-Spiel, undated
- Title:
- Das Lombre-Spiel
- Additional Title(s):
- The Shadow Play
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (31.8 × 41 cm), Image: 11 x 15 15/16 inches (28 x 40.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Militat ut trimus percussor, ludere doctus | Gaudet, victorem se putat esse brevi. | Falcitur, ordo deest quartus, Victoria cedit, | Viribus hinc magnis fidere disce parum | J. E. Nilson invent"; lower center: "DAS LOMBRE | SPIEL. | 3"; lower right: "Dier sind drey Matadors, das ganze Spiel ist mein, | so spricht oft in her Welt ein Hertz, das trozt u. traut; | Doch wo man nicht das Gluck, im vierten Rehe schaut | wie gar oft wird das Speil danoch verlohren seyn | J. J. Haid sc. et excud. Aug. Virdel."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1426
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bonnets | card game | card table | cards | cheating | coins | cuffs | evening | fountains | garden | genre subject | lamps (lighting device components) | leisure | men | mirror | park (grounds) | playing | ruffs | sculptures | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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