1822
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Winners and Losers, All Are Food for the Devil is a 1822 by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows three wild-looking figures tangled in a chaotic pile. One wears a crown with horns, another has a hat and a stick, and the third clutches a bunch of flowers. They’re crammed into a small, windowed room with wooden walls, looking like they’re fighting or falling. The title at the bottom says *"Winners and losers, all are food for the devil"*—a dark joke about how everyone ends up the same. The messy lines and rough shading make it feel urgent, like a quick sketch of a brawl. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow for drama.
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet was a French painter and printmaker, more especially of military subjects.
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