Xerses phus

2021-08-20 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 12/n
Sofonisba Anguissola
The game of chess (or: Portrait of the artist's sisters playing #chess)
Oil on canvas
1555
National Museum, Poznań, Poland
#VisualArts #painting #AnguissolaSofonisba #Anguissola1555

Xerses phus

2021-08-16 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 10/n
Unknown artist
Apes playing chess
1st half of the 14th century (?)
Naumburg Cathedral, Germany; north side of the east choir
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #ArchitecturalSculpture #NaumburgCathedral #MiddleAges

Xerses phus

2021-08-13 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 9/n
Lucan von Leyden
The game of chess
Oil on panel
ca. 1508
Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #painting #LeydenLucanVan #Leyden1508

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2021-08-09 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 7/n
Hans Muelich
Duke Albrecht V. of Bavaria and his consort Anna of Austria playing chess
Miniature
1552
in: Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria; Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #minature #IlluminatedManuscript #Muelich1552

Xerses phus

2021-08-06 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 6/n
Albertus Pictor (attr.)
Death playing chess with man
Mural painting
late 1480s
Täby parish church, Uppland, Sweden
#chess #VisualArts #painting #MuralPainting #MiddleAges #AlbertusPictor

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2021-08-02 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 4/n
Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess
Folio from the #Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Author: #Firdausi (ca. 940/41-1020)
Persian manuscript made in Iran or Iraq
ca. 1300-30
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #MiddleAges

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2021-08-04 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 5/n
Marcel #Duchamp
Portrait of chess players
Oil on canvas
1911
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
#chess #VisualArts #painting #DuchampMarcel #Duchamp1911 #ChessPlayer

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2021-07-30 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 3/n
Gunther von Hagens
Chess player
Plastination
2006
Plastinarium, Guben, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #plastination #HagensGuntherVon #ChessPlayer
photo: dpa/shp pzi ent

Xerses phus

2021-07-26 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 1/n
Libro de los juegos (Book of games)
commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile
completed in Toledo in 1283
Library of the Monastery of El Escorial, Spain
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #LibroDeLosJuegos1283 #ChessHistory #MiddleAges