The Card Players

Paul Cézanne

1890–1892 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Size4:3 ratio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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The Card Players

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Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley

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About this work

Artist: Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
Year: 1890–1892
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 65.4 × 81.9 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (one of five versions)
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Series: The Card Players

Three farm labourers sit at a table in a dim room playing cards, pipes in their mouths, while a fourth man stands behind them watching and a boy looks on at the right. Cézanne painted five versions of the subject at the Jas de Bouffan, his family's estate outside Aix-en-Provence, in the early 1890s, using local farmhands as models and making many studies of each figure. This version, with four figures and a child, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; larger versions are in the Barnes Foundation, and the pared-down two-figure compositions are in the Musée d'Orsay and the Courtauld. The players are as still and solid as the bottles on the table, and the series is often read as his tribute to the dignity of provincial life.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A dim room of still, solid figures that suits a study, den or dining room with dark wood, at 24×18. Black frame on a warm ochre or deep green wall; the quiet mood is better kept away from brighter company.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Post-Impressionism painting
Era: 19th century (1890–1892)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: dining room, study or library, living room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Card Players in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Card Players painted, and in what medium?

The Card Players dates from 1890–1892 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 65.4 × 81.9 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Card Players we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Card Players (Paul Cézanne) — The Card Players · Paul Cézanne · 1895. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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