The Messenger (painting)
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The Messenger (painting)
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The Messenger is a 1674 oil painting by Johannes Verkolje which is in the collection of the Mauritshuis, in The Hague. The picture depicts a messenger delivering a letter to an officer and his female companion who are playing backgammon. It was owned by Anna Louisa Agatha van Loon-van Winter in Amsterdam until 1877. Its next owners were Alfred de Rothschild and then Victor de Rothschild. It was bought at auction in Amsterdam on 19 April 1937 by Fritz Mannheimer. In 1941 it was sold through the D
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1674 painting by Jan Verkolje
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Messenger_(painting)
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2023-06-19T08:00:41Z
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