Boors playing at Cards
Pieter Verelst (Dordrecht 1618 – Hulst 1671)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1653 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
320 x 270 mm
Place of origin
Holland
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139902
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Boors playing at Cards by Pieter Verelst (Dordrecht 1618 – Hulst 1671), signed top right: p verelst 1653. Three male figures sit on the floor in the centre forground playing cards, with others in the backgroumd. All in a dark interior. Pieter Verelst was probably born in Dordrecht, where he became a member of the Guild of St Luke in 1638. Between 1653 and 1668 he was at The Hague, where he was a co-founder of the artists’ guild, Pictura. His speciality was low-life scenes, sometimes including a self-portrait. Three of his sons, Herman, Simon, and Johannes, were painters, and all three settled in England.
Provenance
In 1679-83 catalogue and thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
Pieter Verelst (Dordrecht 1618 – Hulst 1671), artist
