1823
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Gredin de Sort!... is a 1823 ink by Horace Vernet, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a smug-looking man in fancy clothes holding a playing card. The ink looks like it was brushed on after the print was made, giving it a messy, urgent feel. That mix of sharp lines and soft washes makes the scene feel alive. Lithography was new in the 1820s. Artists liked it because it let them draw straight onto stone with greasy crayons. This print feels like a quick sketch someone didn’t bother to clean up. The artist, Horace Vernet, often drew soldiers and gamblers. The title, “Gredin de Sort!” means “Cheat at Cards!” Look up this exact work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation: ; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
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