The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory, Johannes van Wijckersloot, between 1643 and 1683

The deck of cards on the cradle: allegory. On either side of a cradle in which an adult man lies as an infant, two men play a card game. In the foreground a young man holds up the ace of hearts, behind the cradle a woman cradles the child, the other card player and a man with a sword. In the bottom left corner a man in a mask crouchs. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: between 1643 and 1683. Dimensions: drager Height: 98 cm (38.5 in) drager Width: 121 cm (47.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Het kaartspel op de wieg; allegorie Rijksmuseum SK-A-748