Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) (after) The House of Cards. 1743. Engraved by Lépicié. Sight: 225x225mm. Bocher 11. Very fine proof on laid paper. Frame (not examined outside the frame). The original painting was exhibited at the Louvre in 1741, under the title Un tableau représentant le fils de Mr Lenoir s'amusant à faire un château de cartes. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Chardin produced several other versions of this subject. The model is Jean-Alexandre Le Noir, son of Jean-Jacques Le Noir, cabinetmaker and furniture merchant in rue Mauconseil, parish Saint-Eustache, a great friend of the artist, who commissioned several paintings from him and was best man to Françoise-Marguerite Pouget at Chardin's second wedding in November 1744.