Pour jouer au château de cartes - four paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, circa 1735-37

 

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The last painting was also produced as an engraving. And, as is frequently the case when copying a painting as a print, the resulting image is reversed.

You wrongly mock this adolescent

And his useless work,

Ready to fall at the first wind

You old fogeys, at the very age when one ought to be wise,

From your brains frequently emerge

Far more ridiculous castles