Oluf Simony-Jensen, Interior Scene With Card Players 1850s what do any of us

what do any of us really see when our experiences are viewed through the filters of our own imagination

During the 1870s

Label on the reverse with provenance and details of catalogue entry

In December 1930

Frame with some wear including a missing piece on the right

Oluf Simony-Jensen, Interior Scene With Card Players 1850s what do any of usThis turn of the century oil painting by Danish artist Oluf Simony Jensen (1864 1923) depicts a group of old friends playing cards. Its a regular event, with each figure immersed in the game. On the left, a bearded gentleman with a cigar leans over to consider the hand of another. While on the right, a bespectacled fellow is distracted from his newspaper. Simony Jensen painted several versions of this scene and some were referred to as a gentlemen's