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2021-12-20 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 64/n
Two kings play chess
in: Roman du Roy Meliadus de Leonnoys
Naples, Italy
circa 1352
British Library, London; Add. 12228, f.23
#chess #VisualArts #IllustratedManuscript

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2021-12-08 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 59/n
Illustration from Jacobus de Cessolis' 'Schachzabelbuch'
Southern Germany
c. 1390-1400
Research Library of the University of Erfurt, Gotha; Cod. Chart. B 155, f. 69r
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #JacobusDeCessolis #Schachzabelbuch

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2021-12-06 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 58/n
Johann Erdmann Hummel
Chess Game
Oil on canvas
1818/19
Old National Gallery, Berlin
#chess #VisualArts #painting #JohannErdmannHummel #Hummel1818

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2021-11-22 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 52/n
#ChessmenChessSets 2/n
Man Ray
Juliet Browner with Man Ray's chess set
Photography
1945
#chess #ChessSet #VisualArts #photography #ManRay #ManRay1945

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2021-11-12 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 48/n
The Touch
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, …
1971
Sweden, USA
#chess #VisualArts #film #BergmanIngmar #IngmarBergman #Bergman1971 #TheTouch

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2021-11-08 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 46/n
Karl Swoboda
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while hearing his death sentence
Oil on canvas
1858
Private collection
Cf. dorotheum.com/de/l/5493402/
#chess #VisualArts #painting #KarlSwoboda #Swoboda1858 #Hanfried

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2021-11-05 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 45/n
Franz von Defregger
A chess game
Oil on canvas
c. 1874
Private collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #FranzVonDefregger #DefreggerFranzVon #Defregger1874
Cf. tiroler-landesmuseen.at/ausstellung/de…

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2021-10-29 04:05:00

#ChessInVisualArts 42a/n
Follower of Caravaggio
Chess players
Oil on canvas
17th century
Private collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Caravaggio #CaravaggioFollower
Cf. dorotheum.com/en/l/5137217/

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2021-11-04 05:00:00

#ChessAndPolitics 3/n
📷 via @HowardStaunton
#chess #politics #BorisJohnson #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #cartoon

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2021-11-03 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 44/n
Lucky Luke
#chess #VisualArts #design #comics #film #puzzle #LuckyLuke

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2021-11-01 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 43/n
Christian Gottlieb Geyser (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while hearing his death sentence
Etching
from: J. M. Schröckh: Allgemeine Weltgeschichte für Kinder, Vol. III, Leipzig 1786, after p. 514
#chess #VisualArts #etching #Hanfried

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2021-10-29 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 42/n
Follower of Caravaggio
Chess players
Oil on canvas
1610s
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Caravaggio #CaravaggioFollower
Cf. gallerieaccademia.it/en/chess-playe…

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2021-10-20 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 38/n
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel
An interesting problem
Oil on canvas
pre 1929
Private collection
#chess #VisualArts #painting #LesrelAdolpheAlexandre #AdolpheAlexandreLesrel #Lesrel
Cf. cml.pt/leiloes/2019/2…

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2021-10-13 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 35/n
- Willehalm and Arabel playing chess
- Common meal after chess game
Illustrations from the 'Weltchronik' by Heinrich von München
Bavaria, Germany
around 1400
Berlin State Library; Ms. germ. fol. 1416, f. 277r, 278v
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

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2021-10-11 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 34/n
Johannes Samuel Blaettner (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence
Oil on convas
around 1660
Privat collection
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Blaettner1660 #Hanfried

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2021-10-04 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 31/n
Peter Troschel (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence
Engraving
1645
in: F. Hortleder: Von Rechtmässigkeit ..., 2nd ed., Gotha: Endter, 1645
#chess #VisualArts #engraving #Troschel1645 #Hanfried

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2021-10-08 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 33/n
The Book of #Chess (Liber de ludo scacchorum, ca. 1300)
Author: Jacobus de Cessolis
Straßburg: Knoblochtzer, 1483
Woodcuts, touches of watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
#VisualArts #IlluminatedIncunable #woodcut #JacobusDeCessolis1483 #MiddleAges

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2021-10-07 04:00:00

#ChessAndPolitics 2/n
A game at chess (Caricature of Napoleon I.)
Artist: C. Williams (1797-1830) (attr.)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Bodleian Library Curzon b.3(154)
Cf. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c1b9c0…
#chess #politics #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #cartoon

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2021-10-06 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 32/n
J. H. W. Tischbein
Conradin of Swabia and Frederick of Austria receiving their death sentence while playing chess
Oil on canvas
1784
Ducal Museum, Gotha, Germany
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #TischbeinJHW #Tischbein1784

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2021-10-02 04:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 10/n
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
#OnThisDay in 1968 the French artist and chess player died.
#chess #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #ChessPlayer #artist #legend #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #photography #PerformanceArt

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2021-10-02 04:05:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 10a/n
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
#OnThisDay in 1968 MD died.
#chess #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #ChessPlayer #artist #legend #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #photography #PerformanceArt

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2021-10-01 04:05:00

#ChessInVisualArts 30/n
King and queen playing chess
Illustration from the 'Schachzabelbuch' by Konrad von Ammenhausen
Germany
15th century
British Library, London; Add. 11616, f.5v
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #Schachzabelbuch #KonradVonAmmenhausen

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2021-09-29 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 29/n
Ludovico Carracci (attr.)
Chess players
Oil on canvas
c. 1590
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #LucovicoCarracci #CarracciLudovico #Carracci1590

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2021-09-27 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 28/n
Christian Richter
Johann Friedrich I. (background: Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence)
Oil on panel
c. 1635
Friedenstein Palace, Gotha, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Richter1635 #Hanfried

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2021-09-24 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 27/n
Daniel Garber
Mother and Son
Oil on canvas
1933
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
#chess #VisualArts #painting #GarberDaniel #Garber1933

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2021-09-20 08:46:42

@Ingram_Braun Thanks!
Here the copy:
Stadtmusem, Leipzig
#ChessInVisualArts 25a/n #chess #VisualArts #painting #Hanfried

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2021-09-20 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 25/n
Jan Cornelisz #Vermeyen (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity plays chess with a spanish guard
Oil on panel
1548
Friedenstein Palace, Gotha, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Vermeyen1548 #Hanfried

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2021-09-17 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 24/n
Entr' Acte
Director: René Clair
Starring: Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, ...
1924
France
#chess #VisualArts #film #SilentFilm #DuchampMarcel #MarcelDuchamp #ManRay #RenéClair #ChessPlayer #EntrActe1924
Film online: bit.ly/38HzVzG
Chess scene: 4:18 ff.

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2021-09-15 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 23/n
Mickey Mouse
German edition: 12/1981
Micky Maus
Lern-Schach
#chess #VisualArts #design #comics #MickeyMouse

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2021-09-13 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 22/n
Miniature of Ulysses playing chess in his tent during the Trojan War
in: L'Épître Othéa by Christine de Pisan
France, Central
c. 1410-1414
British Library, London; Harley 4431, f.133
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #Ulysses #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

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2021-09-10 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 21/n
Honoré Daumier
Chess players
Oil on canvas
ca. 1863-1867
Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, France
#chess #VisualArts #painting #DaumierHonoré #Daumier1863_1867

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2021-09-08 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 20/n
A game of chess
Mirror case
Ivory
French (Paris)
about 1300
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #MirrorCase1300 #MiddleAges

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2021-09-03 08:11:28

#ChessInVisualArts 18a/n
Julian Wasser
Duchamp playing chess with a nude (Eve Babitz)
Duchamp Retrospective, Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1963
#chess #VisualArts #photography #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #TheLargeGlass #EveBabitz #ChessPlayer #WasserJulian #Wasser1963

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2021-09-01 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 17/n
Moritz Retzsch
The chess players
Oil on panel
1831
Private collection
#chess #VisualArts #painting #RetzschMoritz #Retzsch1831 #ChessPlayer

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2021-08-25 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 14/n
Gerhard Marcks
Chess players
Bronze sculpture
1944
Screenshot: "Deutschlandspiegel" 100/1963, 05.02.1963, Federal film archive (Bundesfilmarchiv), Berlin, Germany
bit.ly/3ybGPrY
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #MarcksGerhard #Marcks1944 #ChessPlayer

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2021-08-23 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 13/n
Codex Manesse
Written and illustrated between 1304 and 1340
Produced in Zürich, Switzerland
Folio 13r, Markgraf Otto von Brandenburg
Heidelberg University Library, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #CodesManesse #MiddleAges

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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

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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

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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