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150 works by 59 artists

150 works featuring “Game” by 59 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 57 museums.

A Running Boy. Marcus Holst von Schmidten, Jens Juel

A Running Boy. Marcus Holst von Schmidten, 1802.

Løbende dreng. Marcus Holst von Schmidten (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch for "Picking Flowers", Helen McNicoll

Sketch for "Picking Flowers", c. 1912.

Sketch for "Picking Flowers" (museum title)

Helen McNicoll (Canadian), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Card game in a tavern cellar, Wilhelm Marstrand

Card game in a tavern cellar, after 1870.

Kortspil i en værtshuskælder (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25, 1910–1911.

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25 (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

The national game, Arthur Streeton

The national game, 1889.

The national game (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on cardboard

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap, 1565.

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Devil on the Swing, Hugo Simberg

The Devil on the Swing, 1907.

Piru kiikussa (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), zinc plate print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Chess players, Honoré Daumier

The Chess players, 1863–1867.

Les Joueurs d'échecs (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Feminine Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

Feminine Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), c. 1815–1819.

Feminine Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies /… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint, drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Female Figure of the Ball Game, Ellen Thesleff

Female Figure of the Ball Game, 1910–1915.

Pallopelin naisfiguuri (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Card Game, Henri de Braekeleer

The Card Game, 1887.

La partie de cartes (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Game of Pato, Ángel Della Valle

The Game of Pato

El juego del pato (museum title)

Ángel Della Valle (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Das Spiel der Nereïden, Arnold Böcklin

Das Spiel der Nereïden, 1886.

Das Spiel der Nereïden (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Bowlers, József Rippl-Rónai

Bowlers, 1892.

Kuglizók (museum title)

József Rippl-Rónai (Hungarian), oil, charcoal, and pastel on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

飼われたる猿と兎, Takeuchi Seihō

飼われたる猿と兎, 1908.

飼われたる猿と兎 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, pair of six-panel screens

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

On the Green Grass, Pál Szinyei Merse

On the Green Grass, 1873.

Zöld gyepen (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on cardboard

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs, Takeuchi Seihō

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs, 1898.

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Iwami Art Museum, Japan

The Butt: Shooting a Cherry, William Mulready

The Butt: Shooting a Cherry, 1822–1848.

The Butt: Shooting a Cherry (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Guipúzcoa, Joaquín Sorolla

Guipúzcoa, 1914.

Guipúzcoa (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Ball Game (Forte dei Marmi), Ellen Thesleff

Ball Game (Forte dei Marmi), 1909.

Pallopeli (Forte dei Marmi) (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Odalisque au fauteuil, Henri Matisse

Odalisque au fauteuil, 1928.

Odalisque au fauteuil (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, Katsushika Hokusai

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, 1841.

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Solitaire (Nude Playing Cards), Félix Vallotton

Solitaire (Nude Playing Cards), 1912.

La Réussite (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

A monk holding playing cards in his hand and six women, Wilhelm Marstrand

A monk holding playing cards in his hand and six women, 1870s.

En munk med spillekort i hånden og seks kvinder (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess, c. 1870–1873.

Turkish "Bashi-bazouk" Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

New Orleans Museum of Art, United States

Fun - One Cent, John Sloan

Fun - One Cent, 1905.

Fun - One Cent (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

A Sailing Match, William Mulready

A Sailing Match, c. 1831.

A Sailing Match (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on panel

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Children's Games, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Children's Games, 1560.

Children's Games (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Girl on the Sand, Helene Schjerfbeck

Girl on the Sand, 1912.

Tyttö hiekkakuopassa (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Koekhappen (a Dutch party game), Petrus van der Velden

Koekhappen (a Dutch party game), 1876.

Koekhappen (a Dutch party game) (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), charcoal and sepia on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Getting Ready for a Game, Carl Larsson

Getting Ready for a Game, 1901.

Till en liten vira (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Le Repos des modèles, Henri Matisse

Le Repos des modèles, 1928.

Le Repos des modèles (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

A lottery ticket seller, Pancho Fierro

A lottery ticket seller, c. 1850–1860.

Un suertero (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Card Players (sketch), Harriet Backer

Card Players (sketch), 1893.

Kortspillere (skisse) (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

A Girl Playing, Hugo Simberg

A Girl Playing, 1909.

Leikkivä tyttö (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Pictures (Portrait of Louis Charles Crespin), Henri Evenepoel

The Pictures (Portrait of Louis Charles Crespin), 1895.

Les images (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Game of Morra, Aleksander Gierymski

The Game of Morra, 1874.

Gra w mora (museum title)

Aleksander Gierymski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The card players, Frances Hodgkins

The card players, c. 1922.

The card players (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), pencil

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Swing, Antoine Watteau

The Swing, c. 1712.

The Swing (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559.

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The child plays "Ride Ranke", Wilhelm Marstrand

The child plays "Ride Ranke", after 1870.

Barnet rider ranke (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Card Players, Harriet Backer

Card Players, 1897.

Kortspillere (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Girls Sliding, John Sloan

Girls Sliding, 1915.

Girls Sliding (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Pianiste et Joueurs de dames, Henri Matisse

Pianiste et Joueurs de dames, 1924.

Pianiste et Joueurs de dames (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes, William Mulready

Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes, c. 1838.

Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on panel

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Drawing for The First Voyage, William Mulready

Drawing for The First Voyage, c. 1833.

Drawing for The First Voyage (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), red chalk, white chalk, white gouache and graphite on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Basket Chair, Berthe Morisot

The Basket Chair, 1882.

The Basket Chair (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States

The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits, William Mulready

The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits, c. 1811–1812.

The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Interior with Card Players and Young Woman Knitting, Adolph Tidemand

Interior with Card Players and Young Woman Knitting, c. 1873.

Strikkende ung kvinne og kortspillere i interiør (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Interior of a posada, Segovia, John Frederick Lewis

Interior of a posada, Segovia, 1836.

Interieur van een herberg in Segovia (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), lithograph with tint stone

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands