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Caravaggio (Michelangelo da Merisi), The Cardsharks, c.1594, Kimbell
Art Museum, Fort Worth
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The Painting
First translated into paint by the Italian master Caravaggio,
images of cardsharks and cheats became immensely popular in the early
seventeenth century. The narrative itself held dramatic appeal, but these
paintings also carried various meanings and associations for a seventeenth-century
audience.
 
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