Luck and Death
chasing Fortuna with cards and dice
2012/04/26
Baroque Painting
"A game of cards" by the Flemish Baroque painter Theodor Rombouts. A peaceful scene suggesting leisure.
2012/04/20
The Fifth Ace
Cover of an American Pulp. The man who held five aces. No wonder that the fifth is the ace of spades, meaning death.
2012/04/13
Gambling Femme Fatale
Rita Hayworth as a gambling femme fatale in the film "Gilda" (1946).
2012/04/07
Voltaire vs. the Pope
Voltaire is playing chess with the Pope and it looks like if he’s winning. One of the chess series by the German artist A. Paul Weber.
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