Man Adjusting His Footwear, at Left Three Men Playing Cards
Thomas Wijck
1630–77
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 3 7/16 x 3 1/16 in. (8.8 x 7.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1164
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenPlaying Cards
About the Artist
Thomas Wijck · 1616–1677
**Thomas Wijck** (also spelled Wijk or Wyck; 1616–1677) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his Italianate port scenes, genre paintings, and depictions of alchemists and scholars. Born in Beverwijk into an artist family, he received his initial training from his father before traveling to Italy around 1640. There he spent time in Rome and the environs of Naples, producing numerous sketches...