The Backgammon Players

Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637)

1634

Oil on canvas

161 x 235 cm

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

“In this painting, and also in some of his other works, Rombouts has placed himself and his wife rather obviously among the bystanders, a custom which was not unusual in Dutch genre painting, particularly among the Caravaggists. The lavishly dressed soldier bears the artist’s likeness.” ¹