An Elegant Company Playing Board Games
1756
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1756
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
An Elegant Company Playing Board Games is a 1756 ink by Johann Esaias Nilson, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a group of people sitting around tables, playing games. Some are looking at cards or boards while others chat. Outside, a garden with trees and a path stretches out behind them. The edges of the picture have fancy scrollwork and leaves. The artist used gray ink and white paint to add details. The paper has lines from being made by hand. Look up gouache to see how artists use it.
Johann Esaias Nilson (1721–1788) was an artist, born in Augsburg.
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