The Backgammon Players

photographed 2025

photographed 2025

Name/Title

The Backgammon Players

Entry/Object ID

1955.002.046

Description

Oil painting on panel, titled "The Backgammon Players". A dark interior scene, with a small rustic table where five men in peasant garb are seated playing backgammon. A woman in dark clothing and a white head wrap stands to the right.

Artwork Details

Medium

Painting: Oil on Wood Panel, Oil on Wood Panel

Collection

Coe Hall

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1955.002.046

Source or Donor

Coe, William Robertson

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Van Ostade, Adriaen

Date made

1685

Place

Location

The Netherlands

Notes

Date: c. 1630-1685 Made: Adriaen van Ostade

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

13 in

Location

Location

Wall

Northeast Wall

Room

Den

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Date

August 16, 2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried Date

May 20, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

Jul 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 26, 2006

Notes

June 6, 1930 F. V. Syracuse, Restorer of Paintings, treated painting, softened, removed old and hardened varnishes and impurities, scraped oil crusts, and did pictorial restoration for $125. April 1981 - cleaned and revarnished

Valuations

Valuation Type

Appraisal

Notes

Min. Value: 120000

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: C. D. Borden., William Robertson Coe W.R.Coe purchased on February 13, 1913 at a sale of the American Art Galleries, from the collection of C. D. Borden. C.D. Borden William Robertson Coe Planting Fields Foundaiton

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

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Create Date

October 26, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

August 12, 2025