Although he created some of the most visually compelling images of his age, soon after his death he fell into obscurity. George de La Tour painted another version of the same basic scene, but with the cheat hiding the ace of diamonds. The cheat tips his cards toward the viewer, who thereby becomes complicit in the scheme, knowing that in the next moment, the conniving trio of cheat, maidservant, and courtesan (identified by her low-cut bodice) will prevail.Īnother autograph version of this subject, Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds ( Musée du Louvre, Paris), displays abundant variations in details of color, clothing, and accessories.įor most of his life, La Tour remained in his native duchy of Lorraine, remote from Paris. The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs was probably painted in the late 1620s. The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs is Georges de la Tour's masterpiece in which the cheat at the left of the composition tips his cards toward the viewer, who thereby becomes complicit in the scheme, knowing that in the next moment, the conniving trio of cheat, maidservant, and courtesan (identified by her low-cut bodice) will prevail. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days. The painting may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more.
His characters enact a psychological drama that unfolds through the cues of their sidelong gazes and the measured gestures that signal their next moves. (124.5 x 182.9 x 12.7 cm) Accession number AP 1981.06 Gallery location Kahn Building, South Gallery One of the greatest masterpieces of seventeenth-century French art, Georges de La Tour’s Cheat with the Ace of Clubs takes as its subject the danger of indulgence in wine, women, and gambling. The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs is a painting by Georges de La Tour which was uploaded on November 24th, 2020. Painted in the late 1620s, The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs is a brightly lit genre scene by Georges de la Tour. La Tour’s dazzling colors and elaborate costumes create a brilliant tableau. While the theme harks back to Caravaggio’s influential Cardsharps, also in the Kimbell, the roots of this engaging morality play can be traced to earlier representations of the biblical subject of the prodigal son. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings. For Sale on 1stDibs - Ode to de la Tours The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs, Archival Pigment Print by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. One of the greatest masterpieces of seventeenth-century French art, Georges de La Tour’s Cheat with the Ace of Clubs takes as its subject the danger of indulgence in wine, women, and gambling. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs.
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