Twee tric-trac (backgammon) spelende mannen
c. 1760 - c. 1798
Medium
etching
Dimensions
94; 80
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 94 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden) x breedte 80 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden)
Art Historical Context
In the etching *Twee tric-trac (backgammon) spel mannen* (Two Men Playing Tric-Trac), created by Carl August Grossmann around 1760–1798, we glimpse an intimate moment of 18th-century leisure. The diminutive print, measuring just 94 mm high by 80 mm wide (med within the plate margins captures two men engrossed in tric-trac—a lively precursor to modern backgammon popular in Europe. Such scenes reflect the era's growing fascination with games as social pastimes, evoking the convivial gatherings of taverns or bourgeois homes during the Enlightenment. Grossmann's choice of etching, a precise intag...