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Old Chess Artworks

Traditional Chess Painting I

Classical Chess Painting (Paintings from 1500 to 1870) Partita a scacchi (1540) Bordone, Paris, Muelich or Mielich, Hans (1515 - 1573) La famiglia Windsor (1568) - I giocatori di scacchi - Jonson and Shakespeare playing at chess - The Chess players by Cornelius de Man - Eine Schachpartie - Arabes jouant aux échecs by Eugène Delacroix - Les Joueurs d'échecs by H Daumier - Napoleon et Mme de Remusat

- "Partita a scacchi (1540)" -
Bordone, Paris, Italian painter, Venetian
school (b. 1500, Treviso, d. 1571, Venezia)
- Image copyright © www.jmrw.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW - Tableau_echecs/pages/ - "Partita a scacchi")

- "Von Sachsen playing chess with a spanish
noble" - (1549) by Vermeyen, Jan
Cornelisz Ned - [Gotha, Fiedstein Castle]
- Image copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scacchi e Arte - Chess and Art - Vermeyen, Jan Cornelisz - Ned)

- "La partita a scacchi" - (1550)
Campi, Giulio (1500-1572); [Torino, Museo Civico
Arte Moderne] - Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico -
Campi, Giulio (1500-1572); "La partita a scacchi" (1550))

- "Albert, Duc de Bavière affronte
son épouse aux échecs" - (1552)
Muelich or Mielich, Hans (1515 - 1573)
- Image copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scacchi e Arte - Chess and Art - Muelich Hans)

- "Artist's Sisters Playing Chess (Le giocatrici
di scacci)" - (1555) by Anguissola,
Sofonisba (1531-1625); [Poznan, Musem Narodowe]
- Image copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. goddesschess.com - Art and Artifact - Goddesschess Galleries)

- "La famiglia Windsor" - (1568)
Autor unknown - Image copyright © - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico -
Autor unknown - "La famiglia Windsor" (1568))

- "I giocatori di scacchi" - (1590)
by Carracci, Ludovico (1555-1619);
[Berlin, Gemaldegalerie] - Image
copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Carracci,
Ludovico - "I giocatori di scacchi" (1590))

- "Jonson and Shakespeare playing at chess" - (1604)
by Karel van Mander, Dutch Mannerist Writer
and Painter (b. 1548, Meulebeke, d. 1606,
Amsterdam) - Image copyright © - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. "Chess-Theory" private collection - Van Manders, Karl -
"Jonson and Shakespeare playing at chess" (1604) )

- "Das Schach- oder König-spiel" - (1616)
by Gustavus Selenus (1579 - 1666) «The first
German textbook, 'Das Schach- oder König-spiel'
(Leipzig, 1616), based on the work of Ruy Lopez,
was written by Gustavus Selenus (1579-1666).
His real name was Duke Augustus of Lüneberg
(Duke of Brunswick) (see: www.jmrw.com/)»
- Image copyright © www.jmrw.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW - Tableaux ayant pour sujet les échecs -
"Das Schach- oder König-spiel" (1616))

- "Nature morte avec un échiquier" - (1630c)
Baughin, Lubin (1610-1663); [Paris, Louvre]
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Baughin,
Lubin - "Nature morte avec un échiquier" (1630c))

- "Marte gioca a scacchi con Venere" - (1630)
Padovanino (Alessandro Varotari); [Oldenburg,
Landesmuseum]- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Padovanino (Alessandro
Varotari) - "Marte gioca a scacchi con Venere" (1630))

- "The Chess Players" - (1670)
by Cornelius de Man (1621-1706);
[Budapest, Szepmuveszeti Muzeum]
Amsterdam) - Image copyright © - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. "Chess-Theory" - Cornelius de Man (1621-1706) -
"The Chess Players" (1670) )

- "Les Echecs" - (undated)
Boucher, Francois (1703-1770) - French master
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Boucher,
Francois (1703-1770) - "Les Echecs" (undated))

- "Eine Schachpartie" - (1755)
by Raunacher, Johann (1705-1757);
- Image copyright © www.jmrw.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW - Tableaux ayant pour sujet les
échecs - "Eine Schachpartie" - (1755))

- "Voltaire devant l'echiquier" - (1755)
by Huber, Jean (1721-1786) - Image
copyright © www.jmrw.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scach in der Kunst - schachverein-goerlitz.de/
- "Voltaire devant l'echiquier" - (1755))

- "Schachspiel" - (1785)
Tischbein, Heinrich (1751-1829)
- Image copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scacchi e Arte - Chess and Art - Tischbein, Heinrich )

- "Endgame" - (undated)
Autor unknown - Chess in Art
- Image copyright © chess.kearman.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Email Chess & Chess in Art - "Endgame" )

- "Die Schachpartie" - (1818-1819)
by Johann Erdmann Hummel (1769-1852)
[Gallery: Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin]
«The painting portratis architect Hans
Christian Genelli (with a pipe); archeologist
Aloys Hirt; Gustav Adolf von Ingenheim (son of
King Friedrich Wilhelm II. and countess Voss);
painter Friedrich Bury; the artist himself (at the
window), Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg»
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Wikimedia Commons - "Die Schachpartie
Francois (1703-1770) - "Die Schachpartie" (undated))

- "A Game of Chess" - (1836)
by von Menzel, Adolph (Breslau 1815
- 1905 Berlin) - [Hannover, Landesmuseum]
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - von Menzel,
Adolph (1815-1905) - "A Game of Chess" (1836))

- "Orientals playing chess in front of a Cafe" -
(1845) - by Rorbye, Martinius (1803-1848) -
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Rorbye,
Martinius (1803-1848) - "Orientals playing
chess in front of a Cafe" (1845) )

- "Arabes jouant aux échecs" - (1847)
by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863);
[Edinburgh, National Gallery?...]
- Image copyright © - Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. "Chess-Theory" - VAM
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) I & II -
"Arabes jouant aux échecs" (1847) )

- "Lavater e Lessing visitano Moses Mendelssohn" -
(1856) - by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882) -
«Der jüdische Philosoph Moses Mendelssohn (1729
-1786), der Schriftsteller Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
(1729-1781) und der Theologe Johann Kaspar Lavater
(1741-1801); Gemälde von Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
(1800-1882)» - Image copyright © OPPI's World -
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. OPPI's World - Biografie Gotthold Ephraim Lessing-
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882) - "Lavater e
Lessing visitano Moses Mendelssohn" (1856) )

- "The Chess Players" - (1860)
(1845) - by Clark, Joseph (British, 1834-1926) -
- Image copyright © chess-theory.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. "Chess-Theory" private collection - Clark, Joseph -
(British, 1834-1926) - "The Chess Players" (1860) )

- "The Chess Players" - (1860-1880)
(1845) - by Fichel Benjamin Eugene (1826-1895) -
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Fichel Benjamin
Eugene (1826-1895) - "The Chess Players" (1860) )

- "The Chess Players" - (1856-1863)
(1845) - by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest
French Sculptor and Painter (1815-1891) -
- Image copyright © xoomer.alice.it/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico - Meissonier,
Jean-Louis Ernest - "The Chess Players" (1856-1863) )

- "Paar beim schach" - (1862)
by Hollaender, Alphons - Image
copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scacchi e Arte - Chess and Art - Hollaender, Alphons)

- "Les Joueurs d'échecs" - (1863)
(1845) - by Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)
«French caricaturist who used sculpture,
painting, and lithography - Image:
no copyright © Public domain - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia - Daumier,
Honoré (1808-1879) - "Les Joueurs d'échecs" (1863) )

- "Scene from the domestic life of the tsar" -
(1865) - by Schwarz, Viatchelslav (1838-1869)
[St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum]
Image: no copyright © Public domain - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Club d'Echecs de Chambéry - Schwarz, Viatchelslav
- "Scene from the domestic life of the tsar" (1865) )

- "Almehs playing chess in a café" - (1870)
by Gérôme, Jean-Léon (b. 1824, Vesoul - d. 1904,
Paris), French Artist - [London, Wallace Collection]
- Image copyright © digilander.libero.it - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Scacchi e Arte - Chess and Art - Gérôme, Jean-Léon - Fra)

- "A Chess match at the Court of Spain" - (1871)
"Tournoi d'échecs à la cour d'Espagne"
by Mussini Luigi (Italian, 1813-1888)
- Image copyright © www.jmrw.com/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW - www.jmrw.com/Tableau_echecs/pages/ -
"Tournoi d'échecs à la cour d'Espagne")

- "A Game of Chess" - (1880)
by Hamilton, James (1819-1878) - Image
copyright © schachverein-goerlitz.de - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Schach in der Kunst - www.schachverein-goerlitz.de -
"A Game of Chess" - Hamilton, James - (1871))

- "The Chess Players" - (undated)
by Wagrez, Jacques (1846-1908) - Image
copyright © schachverein-goerlitz.de - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Club d'Echecs de Chambéry - Images -
"The Chess Players" - Wagrez, Jacques (1846-1908) )

- "Napoleon et Madame de Remusat" -
(undated) - Malmaison Castle, 1805 - Artist
unknown - "Napoleon and Madame de Remusat
playing chess" - Image: no copyright © - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Schach Geschichten - Napoleon und Madame de Remusat -
"Napoleon et Madame de Remusat" - Malmaison Castle, 1805 )

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