File:Antti Favén - Chess Players.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(5,085 × 3,082 pixels, file size: 9.78 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Antti Favén: Chess Players  wikidata:Q109980867 reasonator:Q109980867
Artist
Antti Favén  (1882–1948)  wikidata:Q4355228
 
Antti Favén
Alternative names
Birth name: Yrjö Antti Favén; Yrjo Antti Faven; Y. A. Faven; Yrjö Antti Faven; A. Faven
Description Finnish painter
Date of birth/death 20 May 1882 Edit this at Wikidata 17 October 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Helsinki Stockholm
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4355228
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: Chess Players
Suomi: Shakinpelaajat
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
It is described to have been made by Favén during his Paris years 1902–1913 by the referenced Finnish chess magazine from 1980. It depicts Café de la Régence, a meeting place for international chess enthusiasts. It's also described to depict many old chess masters such as Siegbert Tarrasch back left, Frank Marshall smoking a cigar in the center and Ossip Bernstein playing in the front on the right.
Date probably 1902–1913
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 207 cm (81.4 in); width: 343 cm (11.2 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,207U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,343U174728
Notes There is some uncertainty on the date as there appears to be a sketch for the work from 1918: https://www.hagelstam.fi/antti-faven-5. Also it has possibly had the title Vanhoja sakkimestareita: http://www.shakki.net/kerhot/KemTS/taulut.htm.
References Suomen shakki 1980 No. 10 ISSN 0355-8096.
Source/Photographer https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/1021562-antti-faven-oil-on-canvas-signed (cropped)
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

The author died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:57, 12 July 2021Thumbnail for version as of 13:57, 12 July 20215,085 × 3,082 (9.78 MB)Remitamine (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version
15:13, 17 August 2020Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 17 August 20202,945 × 1,761 (6.25 MB)PiercingEyes (talk | contribs){{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Antti Favén}} |title = {{en|1=Chess Players}} {{fi|1=Shakinpelaajat}} |date = {{other date|probably|1902–1913}} |description = It is described to have been made by Favén during his Paris years 1902–1913 by the referenced Finnish chess magazine from 1980. It depicts Café de la Régence, a meeting place for international chess enthusiasts. It's also described to depict many old chess masters such as [[:en:Siegbert Tarrasch|Siegbert Tarras...

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Antti_Favén_-_Chess_Players.jpg&oldid=872342222"