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Five pale-skinned men gather around a rectangular table playing cards and dice against a dark, smoke-gray background in this horizontal painting. Light illuminates the scene dramatically from the upper left, creating bright areas and deep shadows. The two men closest to us play cards. One sits on our side of the table and faces our left in profile, wearing a gleaming, dark, armored breastplate and sleeves over scarlet-red tights. He has a dark brown beard and short, dark hair. He holds his stacked playing cards close to his chest, and he pulls the front one up with a forefinger and thumb as…

Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)

Valentin de Boulogne (French, c. 1591 - 1632)

c. 1618/1620 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Patrons' Permanent Fund

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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