Casanova wrote in his autobiography, Histoire de ma Vie, that one should never place a bet in Pharaoh if one wants to win he recounts his own role in the fixing of one of these games alongside a Milanese ‘luck corrector’, as they such people were known. Players could lose huge amounts of money. Games of ‘Pharaoh’ were particularly fashionable at the Versailles of Louis XV and XVI. This did nothing to impede their popularity. While card games were condemned by the Church – as far as excommunication, in some cases – they were also forbidden by the king. Primero was very popular in 16th-century Europe, particularly in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and England, and even in German-speaking countries. There are many different versions of this game, but the general principle is to assemble the four suits into a single hand of four cards. For Sale on 1stDibs - Ode to de la Tours The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs, Archival Pigment Print by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien. Four cards of four different suits make up a primero. Georges de la Tour’s two cheats appear to be playing a game of ‘Primero’. The suit of diamonds evokes money and commerce of the flesh, while the spade symbolises ill fortune. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United StatesĬheat with the Ace of Diamonds is actually a variation on Cheat with the Ace of Clubs, painted a few years earlier. The painter’s choice of cards is no accident. Choose a custom size for your favorite oil painting. The situation is quite clear: the young man, drawn to the game by the charming courtesan, is drunk and will soon lose everything to the man on the left" (Source : Le Louvre). Buy the The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs Reproduction by Georges de La Tour. Between him and the courtesan, a servant pours some wine. Here, another player, half-hidden by the shadows, discreetly pulls an ace of diamonds from the back of his belt. Slightly off to one side, a woman with a sophisticated hairpiece and plunging décolleté, draws us, through her expression and gestures, to the left of the composition. He is isolated from the other players and seems excluded from their complicity, shown through fleeting glances. To the right, a young, well-dressed man examines his cards. Four figures are shown at a table, playing cards. We print with archival inks on your choice. Buy high-quality fine art reproductions with Spiffing Prints. The young man shown in the painting is subject to the period’s three major temptations: gambling, wine and lust. Georges de La Tour - The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs. "With great refinement and a splendid eye for composition, Georges de la Tour illustrates here the opposition of innocence and vice. Game-tours: challenges requiring the camera (photo challenges, magic scanner) and the locked stops feature are disabled in this web app.
Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds is very much in this vein. Many artists wished to remind their audiences that sinners were barred from Heaven.
Works dating from the 15th to the 17th century are loaded with moral messages from the Church. THE CHEAT WITH THE ACE OF DIAMONDS (LE TRICHEUR A L'AS DE CARREAU)
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