BEZIEHUNG
im Künstler
im Museum
Das Kartenhaus
um 1736–1737
London, National Gallery, Saal 33 (Inventar-Nr. NG4078)
The House of Cards
This is probably the picture exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1741 with the title: 'The son of M. Le Noir amusing himself in making a house of cards'. Le Noir was a Paris cabinet-maker and a friend of Chardin's. The house of cards symbolised the fragility of human endeavour.
