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THE ORIGINAL IS IN THE MUSéES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS, ANTWERP. IN 1847 IS WAS BEQUEATHED BY THE LATE MRS. VAN DEN BOSCH-VAN CAMP (E. VANDAMME ET. AL., CATALOGUS SCHILDERKUNST OUDE MEESTERS ANTWERPEN, 1988, P.314, NO358, WITH ILL.).
IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF CARAVAGGISM IN THE NORTH, RECALLING CARAVAGGIO'S CARDPLAYERS OF CIRCA 1594, NOW IN THE KIMBELL ART MUSEUM, FORTH WORTH.
IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF CARAVAGGISM IN THE NORTH, RECALLING CARAVAGGIO'S CARDPLAYERS OF CIRCA 1594, NOW IN THE KIMBELL ART MUSEUM, FORTH WORTH.