Playing card in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Les Tricheurs, 1596.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States

In Without Knocking, Charles Marion Russell

In Without Knocking, 1909.

Charles Marion Russell (American), oil on canvas

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States

A Game of Preference (Card Game), Viktor Vasnetsov

A Game of Preference (Card Game), 1879.

Преферанс (museum title)

Viktor Vasnetsov (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Innocents and Card Sharpers, Ernest Meissonier

Innocents and Card Sharpers, 1861.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death, 1560.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Les Tricheurs, 1595.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

The Checkerboard, 1915.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

La Partie de bésigue, Gustave Caillebotte

La Partie de bésigue, 1881.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Abu Dhabi, Émirats arabes unis

You insist on playing with the gentleman; you can see he turns up the king every time, Grandville

You insist on playing with the gentleman; you can see he turns up the king every time, c. 1829.

Tu 'entetes a jouer avec Monsieur; tu vois bien qu'il… (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Knave Wins All/ MODERN HOSPITALITY, or a Friendly Party in High Life..., James Gillray

Knave Wins All/ MODERN HOSPITALITY, or a Friendly Party in High Life..., 1792.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Reading of the Will, Josef Danhauser

The Reading of the Will, 1839.

Die Testamentseröffnung (museum title)

Josef Danhauser (Austrian), oil on wood

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Solitaire (Nude Playing Cards), Félix Vallotton

Solitaire (Nude Playing Cards), 1912.

La Réussite (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Dream of Monte Carlo, 1939–1943.

Traum von Monte Carlo (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Party of Armenians Playing Cards, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Party of Armenians Playing Cards, c. 1720–1737.

Armeens gezelschap bij het kaartspel (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Still Life with a Bottle of Bordeaux, Juan Gris

Still Life with a Bottle of Bordeaux, 1919.

Nature morte à la bouteille de Bordeaux (Still life with a… (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The battle of the cards, 1844.

La bataille des cartes (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

Checkerboard and Playing Cards, Juan Gris

Checkerboard and Playing Cards, 1915.

Juan Gris (Spanish), gouache, graphite, and resin on cream-colored wove paper, mounted to paperboard

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Telling Fortunes, 1881.

Mary Cassatt (American), graphite, paper

Rhode Island School of Design Museum, United States

Glass of Beer and Playing Cards, Juan Gris

Glass of Beer and Playing Cards, c. 1912.

Verre de bière et cartes à jouer (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

Les Joueurs de cartes, 1892–1896.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Private collection, Qatar

Guitar in Front of the Sea, 1925.

La guitare devant la mer (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

Smoke of a .45, 1908.

Charles Marion Russell (American), oil on canvas

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States

The Acrobats (The Wounded Child), Gustave Doré

The Acrobats (The Wounded Child), 1874.

Les Saltimbanques (L'enfant blessé) (museum title)

Gustave Doré (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, France

The Brawl, 1855.

La Rixe (The Brawl) (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Aviator, 1914.

Авиатор (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), oil on canvas

State Russian Museum, Russia

Playing Cards and Siphon, 1916.

Playing Cards and Siphon (Cartes à jouer et siphon) (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on plywood

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds, Juan Gris

Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds, 1915.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House, Thomas Rowlandson

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House, 1791.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Two-Penny Whist, 1796.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Les Joueurs de cartes, 1892–1896.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Courtauld Gallery, United Kingdom

Composition à la main et aux chapeaux, Fernand Léger

Composition à la main et aux chapeaux, 1927.

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

The Card Party, c. 1665.

Caspar Netscher (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The End of the Game of Cards, Ernest Meissonier

The End of the Game of Cards, 1865.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

The House of Cards, c. 1737.

Jean Siméon Chardin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Osteria in Ravello, Peder Severin Krøyer

Osteria in Ravello, 1890.

Vinstue. Ravello (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

A Prison Scene in Rome, Wilhelm Marstrand

A Prison Scene in Rome, 1837.

En fængselsscene i Rom (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Glass and Playing Cards, 1915.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil and sand on cardboard

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Playing Cards and Glass of Beer, Juan Gris

Playing Cards and Glass of Beer, 1913.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil and collage on canvas

Columbus Museum of Art, United States

Quand le crime ne donne pas, Honoré Daumier

Quand le crime ne donne pas, 1848.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Card Players, 1777–1778.

Les Joueurs de cartes (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Italian Harbour, 1649.

Italiaans havengezicht (museum title)

Jan Baptist Weenix (Dutch), oil on canvas

Centraal Museum, Netherlands

Hearts are Trumps, 1872.

John Everett Millais (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Card Players, 1863.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Francisco Lezcano, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Francisco Lezcano, 1634–1645.

Francisco Lezcano, l'Enfant de Vallecas (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Still Life, 1916.

Opstilling (Still Life) (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on cardboard

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mary Cassatt, 1884.

Edgar Degas (French)

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Violin and Playing Cards on a Table, Juan Gris

Violin and Playing Cards on a Table, 1913.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Stolen Kiss, c. 1760.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Les joueurs de cartes, 1890–1892.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States