Artwork
Card Players
Card Players is an unspecified painting by the Rococo painting artist August Querfurt. It dates from 1736 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Card Players is a 1736 painting by August Querfurt, an Austrian Rococo artist, deviating from his typical military and hunting themes to depict a leisurely scene.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a group of men intently engaged in a card game, capturing a moment of refined, everyday life characteristic of Rococo's thematic preferences.
Technique & Style
Querfurt employs a dimly lit interior setting, with a single window as the light source, creating an atmosphere of quiet concentration; his style, though trained in Augsburg under his father's guidance, reflects influences from other contemporary artists.
History & Provenance
Created in 1736, Card Players is now part of the Statens Museum for Kunst's collection, marking a lesser-known aspect of Querfurt's oeuvre, which predominantly features military and hunting scenes.
Artist & collection
Artist
August Querfurt (1696, Wolfenbüttel – 1761, Vienna) was an Austrian painter. He painted primarily soldiers and battle scenes. He was first instructed by his father, Tobias Querfurt, a landscape and animal painter, and…
