Louvre visit, summer '10

I have only just compiled names for most of the paintings and that is why this blog comes so late after the visit! I believed it necessary to find a majority of the names before posting them, as if I find the rest I can always fill them in at a later date.

Georges de LA TOUR (Vic-sur-Seille, 1593 - Lunéville, 1652)
The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
1635

Although this piece didn't interest me all too much as I found it a far too idealistically tweaked painting style - that made me a little sick inside that the artist would so harshly degrade the reality of the situation and happily throw away their integrity in place of producing a utopian existence instead of portraying what he actually viewed - I found it wonderful to see an artist reproducing the image. There were a number of artists around the Louvre doing this as there usually is, and it always hooks me in to peer over their shoulder for 10-15 minutes, taking in their technique, subtlety, precision and expertise. This was a particularly good reproduction I believe that she was working on, you can even see her next move overall would be to flatten the image, probably with some sort of overcoat, this could be achieved through a slightly tinted varnish coating.



This is her version below, very similar indeed, a very good effort!


© Dean Ross.