Death and Card Players 1620 - 1674

"Death and Card Players" (1620-1674) is an etching by Dutch artist Jan Lievens, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The artwork depicts a group of men playing cards, seemingly unaware of Death, who has entered the room and is about to interrupt their game. Lievens captures the drama of this scene with powerful lines and chiaroscuro, highlighting the vulnerability of the card players in the face of their inevitable end.