Guards throwing dice in the Crucifixion, gambling in Bosch’s vision of Hell, in a dingy tavern, losing an entire estate, and being played by young street urchins.
Rowlandson
Scathing satire from Honoré Daumier and Jean-Louis Forain, together with view of the Old Bailey, a Norwegian magistrate, and a German court lit by candles.
Gambling as a sure road to Hell, with Bosch, Caravaggio, Georges de la Tour, Hogarth, GĂ©ricault, Courbet, Rossetti, and others.
It’s unusual and difficult to make humorous paintings. Here’s a fine selection from Bosch, Brueghel and Rubens to the late 19th century.
From cautionary tales for judges to Daumier’s wicked satire, courts of law have been an important theme for the artist, including Poussin, Rowlandson, and GĂ©rĂ´me.
We love surprise twists in the plot of novels and movies. How can painters achieve the effect of surprise in their narrative images? Masaccio, Rembrandt, Poussin, and more.
Tracing the social history of gambling in paintings by Bosch, Caravaggio, de La Tour, Salvator Rosa, Murillo, Hogarth, and others.
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