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Lautapelin pelaajat, kopio Bartolomeo Manfredin mukaan, osa is held by Finnish National Gallery.

Artwork

Lautapelin pelaajat, kopio Bartolomeo Manfredin mukaan, osa

Lautapelin pelaajat, kopio Bartolomeo Manfredin mukaan, osa is an unspecified painting by Ida Silfverberg. It is held in the collection of the Finnish National Gallery. Lautapelin pelaajat is a painted copy after the early‑17th‑century Italian artist Bartolomeo Manfredi.

About this work

Overview

Lautapelin pelaajat is a painted copy after the early‑17th‑century Italian artist Bartolomeo Manfredi. The work depicts an intimate indoor scene in which two figures are engaged in a board‑game activity, rendered with a focused light source that highlights their faces and hands against a darkened backdrop.

Subject & Meaning

The composition shows a man in a dark costume topped by a feathered hat and a woman in a yellow‑brown dress with white sleeves, both leaning over a small table strewn with wooden game pieces. Their concentrated postures and the quiet atmosphere suggest a moment of private leisure, emphasizing the social interaction of game playing in a domestic setting.

Technique & Style

Manfredi’s influence is evident in the pronounced chiaroscuro, where a single light source creates stark contrasts between illuminated flesh and deep shadows. The painter employs careful modelling of the figures’ features and hands, while the muted background recedes, directing the viewer’s attention to the central activity.

History & Provenance

The piece is a later copy of Manfredi’s original composition, produced to disseminate the popular subject. Its exact date and creator remain undocumented, but it reflects the continued interest in Manfredi’s genre scenes among collectors who valued such reproductions for study and decoration.