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Title

Interior of a Guardroom

Artist

David Teniers the Younger

Physical Description

Groups of men gamble, smoke, and drink in a dark guardroom. In the left foreground a seated man wearing a red sash lights his white clay pipe, while his companion pauses his smoking to listen to a man standing next to him. The red of the smoker's sash is repeated in the flag and fabrics strewn about in the right foreground, which form part of a still-life of weapons, musical instruments, and glinting armor heaped together against the wall. Between these brightly lit foreground vignettes the scene recedes into the darkened interior where a group of five men gather about a table to gamble.

Artist Life Dates

1610-1690

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1645

Accession Number

1965/1.185

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 14.16572

Secondary Keywords

armor groupings

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

costume groupings

membranophones

object groupings

object groupings and systems

object groupings by specific context

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons and ammunition