The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds

Georges de La Tour

c. 1636–1638 · Oil on canvas · Musée du Louvre, Paris

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About this work

Artist: Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
Year: c. 1636–1638
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 106 × 146 cm
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Movement: Baroque

Around a table a richly dressed young man studies his cards while the three people beside him fleece him: the courtesan in the middle signals with her eyes, the maid pours wine as cover, and the cheat on the left pulls an ace of diamonds from behind his back. The game is probably prime, an Italian ancestor of poker. Georges de La Tour painted it in Lorraine around 1636 to 1638 and signed it under the cheat's elbow, Georgius De La Tour fecit; a second version with an ace of clubs is in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The arrangement of figures in two flat planes across a narrow table, the smooth bright flesh and the glances that carry the whole story descend from Caravaggio's card sharps by way of the Utrecht painters. The Louvre bought it in 1972 from the collector Pierre Landry, who had found it around 1926.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds in the public domain?

Yes. Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) 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 Musée du Louvre.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds painted, and in what medium?

The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds dates from c. 1636–1638 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 106 × 146 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Georges de La Tour's The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds — The Cheat — a card-sharp slipping an ace from his belt while a courtesan and her maid exchange glances — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Candlelight: The French Baroque, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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