oil paint
Playing Cards
Unknown Artist
A classic French genre painting capturing a social moment of intrigue and leisure around a card table.
A Game of Quadrille
Hubert-François Gravelot
1740 · Oil Paint, Canvas
An elegant 18th-century scene of high society leisure, depicting a focused game of cards in a refined interior.
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Where it works
A measured, grounding piece in walnut and cognac tones — adds structure to a more polished room.
- Often works in
- Dining Room · Living Room · Study
- Placement
- Strong over sofas, beds, buffets, or wider open walls
- Walls
- Reads strongest on light or mid-tone walls
- Color notes
- Rich brown, Deep burgundy, Olive green
About the piece
Painted around 1740 by Hubert-François Gravelot, this charming scene captures the refined leisure of the Georgian era. A group of men and women are engrossed in a game of Quadrille, a popular four-player card game, while a servant attends to them. The soft palette and delicate brushwork highlight the intricate fashions and the polite social interactions of the period.
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