The card players.

Etching and engraving, 17,3 x 13 cm, laid paper with unidentified watermark, signed in plate at bottom right "G v. vliet fe." (trimmed to the borderline, bottom edge trimmed short by 4 mm, toned, some brown spots from old glue on verso, sm. pin holes at corners).

Four figures gathered around a table, the nobleman at right placing a card on the table, the figure in left foreground sitting on an upturned barrel or bucket. One of Van Vliet's popular and sought-after genre scenes. Second and final state.
Ref. Hollstein XLI:51.
Joined: Idem - A beggar on crutches. From the "beggars" series (11 pl.). Leiden 1632. Etching, 9,4 x 6,6 cm, laid paper, signed in plate at upper right "JG van vliet inv." First state (of 4). Ref. Hollstein XLI:74.1. (2 pcs)