The Chess Players

Thomas Eakins, 1876, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘The Chess Players’ is a work by Thomas Eakins (USA, 1844–1916). It is dated 1876. It is part of the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art.

It is made of oil paint and wood. It measures 30 × 43 cm. The work belongs to the genre genre art. The things depicted include parlour, afternoon, carpet, and cat.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Thomas Eakins.

• Thomas Eakins