Tracing the social history of gambling in paintings by Bosch, Caravaggio, de La Tour, Salvator Rosa, Murillo, Hogarth, and others.
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A lighter and formerly very popular story brings to light some masterly paintings, including a superb work by Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Why did it take over 300 years to solve a compositional problem, and tell such a simple story?
For two centuries, Bosch’s innovative ideas and symbols were used in northern Europe. But after 1700, all changed again.
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