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Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844-1894)
G. W. M. Nutt and Minnie Warren
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C.
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #photography #MathewBradyStudio
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“#ChessInVisualArts Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844-1894) G. W. M. Nutt and Minnie Warren Photographic Negative c. 1860-1870 National Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C. #chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #photography #MathewBradyStudio 📷 & ➡️ https://t.co/wk5Y3bdVf5”

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A Game of Chess
Mirror case
Ivory, carved
H: 7,5 cm, W: 7,4 cm
French or possibly German (Lower Rhine, Cologne)
c. 1320-30
Victoria and Albert Museum, London #chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #sculpture #MirrorCase #MiddleAges
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“#ChessInVisualArts A Game of Chess Mirror case Ivory, carved H: 7,5 cm, W: 7,4 cm French or possibly German (Lower Rhine, Cologne) c. 1320-30 Victoria and Albert Museum, London #chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #sculpture #MirrorCase #MiddleAges ➡️ https://t.co/3nqlrxjpfY”

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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Titel page of #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT), Part I
Engraving
1616
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #ChessmenAndChessSets #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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“#ChessInVisualArts Lucas Kilian (1579-1637) Titel page of #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT), Part I Engraving 1616 #chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #ChessmenAndChessSets #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian ➡️ https://t.co/k84ZIG2qgX 1/5”

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Lucas Kilian
Xerses Philomater (aka Xerxes philosophus aka Xerses phus)
Engraving
1616
Detail from:
G. Selenus: Das Schach- oder König-Spiel, Leipzig: Groß, 1616; Titel page of Part I
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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“#ChessInVisualArts Lucas Kilian Xerses Philomater (aka Xerxes philosophus aka Xerses phus) Engraving 1616 Detail from: G. Selenus: Das Schach- oder König-Spiel, Leipzig: Groß, 1616; Titel page of Part I #chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian 5/5”

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Lucas Kilian
Chessboard with two putti holding palm branches and an empty chess box; left and right: Tendrils with two sets of chess pieces
Engraving
1616
Detail from #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#ChessSet #SelenusChessmen #ChessInVisualArts #LucasKilian
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“#ChessmenAndChessSets Lucas Kilian Chessboard with two putti holding palm branches and an empty chess box; left and right: Tendrils with two sets of chess pieces Engraving 1616 Detail from #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT) #ChessSet #SelenusChessmen #ChessInVisualArts #LucasKilian 2/5”

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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Set of chess pieces on tendrils
Engraving
1616
Detail from: #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#Chessmen #ChessPiece #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
Cf. the discussion in: twitter.com/babel56/status…
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“#ChessmenAndChessSets #ChessInVisualArts Lucas Kilian (1579-1637) Set of chess pieces on tendrils Engraving 1616 Detail from: #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT) #Chessmen #ChessPiece #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian Cf. the discussion in: https://t.co/z8oqi7qw18 4/5”

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The original painting by Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921) was sold in an auction 2014. Kaufmann made several depictions of #chess players. flickr.com/photos/gandalf… dartesro.sk/?act=dielo-kat… #ChessArt #ChessInVisualArts



♲ @emiliacastelao@twitter.com:im looking for research grants atm bc as a grad student i can only self-fund so many trips to chess tourneys but! during my search i was on the Blavatnik Archives website & found a 20th cent. postcard with 2 Jewish men playing chess published by Phönix art publishers in Berlin
Isidor Kaufmann - Chess Players

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Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (workshops of)
Xerses Phus
Woodcut
74 mm × 55 mm
Originally part of the Liber Chronicarum, Nürnberg 1493
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (@rijksmuseum)
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Lucia Moholy (1894-1989)
Chess table by #HeinzNösselt (1900-1950) with #chessmen by #JosefHartwig (1880-1955)
Photography
1924
Private collection
#photography #LuciaMoholy #ChessTable #ChessmenAndChessSets #BauhausChessSet
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“#ChessInVisualArts Lucia Moholy (1894-1989) Chess table by #HeinzNösselt (1900-1950) with #chessmen by #JosefHartwig (1880-1955) Photography 1924 Private collection #photography #LuciaMoholy #ChessTable #ChessmenAndChessSets #BauhausChessSet 📷 & ➡️ https://t.co/Inxn2ETOXL”

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Illustration from:
Jacobus de Cessolis:
De ludo scacchorum
Illuminated manuscript
15th century
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain; Vitr/25/6; f. 6r
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