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Backgammon in famous paintings
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I believe the depiction of backgammon in Hieronymous Bosch's Gothic
painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is fairly well known. A
particularly good graphic of this work is available at:
http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/delightr.jpg
Yesterday I was browsing through some Renaissance paintings and
noticed that backgammon is also depicted in Peter Bruegel's work "The
Triumph of Death." This work may be viewed at:
http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/death.jpg
According to the Bosch subpage, the connection is more than
coincidental:
"At the time of his death, Bosch was internationally celebrated as an
eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with
the torments of hell. During his lifetime Bosch's works were in the
inventories of noble families of the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain,
and they were imitated in a number of paintings and prints throughout
the 16th century, especially in the works of Pieter Bruegel the
Elder."
Interesting that backgammon was considered one of the "torments of
hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
Cheers,
Dan
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