Caravaggio’s "The Cardsharps"

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Caravaggio’s "The Cardsharps" is a late 16th-century Baroque painting depicting a tense scene of gambling and deception, notable for its dramatic use of light and psychological realism.

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instanceOf Baroque painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artist Caravaggio NERFINISHED
artisticPeriod late 16th century
collection Kimbell Art Museum collection NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte NERFINISHED
completionDate circa 1594
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Caravaggio NERFINISHED
depictionType interior scene
depicts accomplice signaling cards
card game
cardsharp
cheating at cards
deception
gambling
young naive card player
genre Baroque art
hasTechnique chiaroscuro
tenebrism
hasVersion multiple autograph and workshop versions attributed to Caravaggio
height approximately 130.9 cm
historicalSignificance early success that helped establish Caravaggio’s reputation
influential model for later genre scenes of gamblers
inception circa 1594
influenced 17th-century genre painters depicting gambling scenes
lighting strong directional light highlighting figures
locatedIn Fort Worth NERFINISHED
Texas
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Kimbell Art Museum NERFINISHED
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Baroque
notableFor dramatic use of light
genre scene of everyday life
psychological realism
originalLanguageTitle I Bari NERFINISHED
style Baroque
subjectMatter card players
con artists
theme moral warning against vice
naivety and exploitation
trickery
title I Bari NERFINISHED
The Cardsharps NERFINISHED
width approximately 94.2 cm

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