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The Backgammon Players (from the series The Consequences of Dipsomania, plate 3 of 4)

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 18 × 20 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7309
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin, in Latin, left: Nec satis insano censum profundere luxu,/Hoxia ni reliquas alea carpat opes.; and in Dutch, right: Niet gheest des drancks onmaet alleen oneuÿschen// z in/ Maer teghen alle baet brenght spel en tuyschen// in
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.