Play Your Cards Right
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Over the years, plenty of renowned painters have captured people whiling away the hours, playing cards. What are some examples?
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Le Nain Brothers. Les Petites Joueurs de cartes. 1630-40
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Le Nain Brothers. Les Joueurs de cartes. 1635-40
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Antoine Le Nain. Petits Joueurs de cartes. 1643
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Georges de la Tour. The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs. 1630-34
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Georges de la Tour. The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds. 1635
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Mary Cassatt. Portrait of Miss Cassatt, holding the cards. 1876
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Paul Cézanne. The Card Players. 1890-92
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Paul Cézanne. The Card Players. 1890–1892. Barnes Foundation
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Card Players. 1893
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Pablo Picasso. L’homme aux cartes. 1913-14
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Fernand Léger. La partie de cartes. 1917
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Jacob Lawrence. The Card Game. 1953
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Caravaggio. The Cardsharps. 1595