Card Players with a Pipe-Smoking Woman by Pieter Quast. A small group is gathered around a simple wooden table, featuring a standing man showing his cards and a seated woman in a yellow gown smoking a long pipe.

Card Players with a Pipe-Smoking Woman

Pieter Quast

1638 · Oil Paint, Panel

A 17th-century Dutch Golden Age genre scene depicting a spirited moment of leisure and card play.

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Where it works

A balanced artwork with steady presence with softened warm notes — sits quietly within a room.

Often works in
Dining Room · Living Room · Study
Placement
Strong for entryways, narrow walls, and vertical placements
Walls
Best where a lighter wall gives it room to show
Color notes
Deep burgundy, Rich brown, Terracotta clay

About the piece

Created by Pieter Quast in 1638, this oil painting is a classic example of Dutch genre art, focusing on the everyday pastimes of the era. The work features a warm, tonal palette of ochres and browns, highlighting the detailed costumes and expressive gestures of the subjects as they engage in a quiet game of cards and pipe smoking.

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