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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The artist shows five figures intent on a game of dice that is being played. Three male figures are the players, while another man and woman look on. The single candle on the table, which illuminates the game, lends drama to the scene. At the time of its discovery in 1972 this picture was hailed as one of La Tour's masterpieces. While some French authorities have changed their minds about the painting's importance, it remains an extremely important example of the artist's work. It can be attributed to George de La Tour with some certainty, not only because of the signature, but on grounds of style and quality: the picture bears effective comparison with La Tour's signed and dated Denial of Peter of 1650 in the Museé des Beaux-Arts at Nantes. | Subjects: | everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: La Tour, Georges de (French painter and draftsman, 1593-1652) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8390... | Go to resource |
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