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A rare early 17th-century garden view with an ornate gazebo where a group of men and women are feasting. In the foreground, two are men playing troco, or lawn billiards. Troco was a popular game in the Low Countries. The simple grass and path parterre in the background is surrounded by a post and rail, and there is a water cart adjacent to a well. This panel appears to be cut down; there are also nail holes, suggesting it might have come from a panelled room.

Garden Museum

London

Title

Elegant Company Playing a Game of Lawn Bowls

Date

1600–1610

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 44 x W 42.3 cm

Accession number

2008.015

Acquisition method

purchased via Sotheby's in a private sale with the assistance of a grant from the Beecroft Bequest, 2008

Work type

Painting

Garden Museum

Lambeth Palace Road, London, Greater London SE1 7LB England

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