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Game of Checkers
Johann Cornelius Mertz
Checkers Artist
Johann Mertz, from 1819 – 1891.
Checkers Players in
a Tavern,
by Johann Mertz.
- Dutch genre oil painting by artist Johann
Mertz, on panel of a tavern scene showing
two checkers players deep into a game.
- Realistic depiction of every day life
during the 19th century Dutch society where
the painter evoked a sense of the informal
atmosphere across the checkerboard as seen
in the casual posture of each player.

‘Now Grandfather?’
Checkers Game
- Checkers art in Mid 19th century color
lithograph from Berlin, Germany (Sala & Co.).
- Depiction of a charming scene involving
a game of checkers between a young
boy and his grandfather; by artist Johann
Mertz. This realistic rendering of a genre
scene that would have been popular in many
German immigrant homes during the mid 1800’s.
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