The House of Cards

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The House of Cards is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, depicting a young boy carefully building a fragile card structure in a quiet, intimate interior scene.

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The House of Cards canonical 1
house of cards 1

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instanceOf genre painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext French 18th-century painting ⓘ
artworkType oil painting ⓘ
colorPalette muted tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ⓘ
depictionMode genre scene ⓘ
depicts concentration ⓘ
domestic interior ⓘ
fragility ⓘ
house of cards ⓘ
linked to: The House of Cards

interior scene ⓘ
playing cards ⓘ
quiet atmosphere ⓘ
young boy ⓘ
focus single figure ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
hasStyle Rococo ⓘ
intimate realism ⓘ
hasTheme childhood ⓘ
concentration ⓘ
contemplation ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
precariousness ⓘ
transience ⓘ
iconography house of cards as symbol of fragility ⓘ
playing cards as symbol of instability ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
mainSubject boy building a house of cards ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Rococo ⓘ
notableFor moralizing undertones about fragility of human endeavors ⓘ
quiet, intimate interior ⓘ
subtle depiction of childhood concentration ⓘ
originalTitle Le Château de cartes ⓘ
partOf Chardin's series of card-house paintings ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
portrays moment of delicate balance ⓘ
suspended action ⓘ
setting indoor domestic space ⓘ
subjectGender male child ⓘ

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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin → notableWork → The House of Cards ⓘ
The House of Cards → depicts → house of cards ⓘ
linked to: The House of Cards