''Card Players in a Rich Interior'' is a c. 1663–1665 oil painting on canvas by the Dutch painter

Pieter de Hooch Pieter de Hooch (, also spelled "Hoogh" or "Hooghe"; 20 December 1629 (baptized) – 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of ...

, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed "P. D. HOOCH". It is now in the

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, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as ''Soldiers Playing Cards'' (1657–1658; private collection) and ''Card Players in a Bright Interior'' (1658;

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, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later ''Card Players at a Table'' (1670–1674; private collection).

Bibliography

* *Peter C. Sutton, ''Pieter de Hooch'', Complete edition, Oxford, Phaidon, 1980, p. 93-94. *Peter C. Sutton, ''Pieter de Hooch, 1629–1684'', London, Yale University Press, 1998–1999, p. 26-28. {{DEFAULTSORT:Card Players in a Rich Interior Paintings in the Louvre by Dutch artists Paintings by Pieter de Hooch 1660s paintings Playing cards in art

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