Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish
“Talk To the Hand! Get It? The ‘Hand’? Wow, Tough Crowd,” Between 1616 and 1637
Oil on canvas
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// Here’s a Card Player Showing His Hand.
For a clearer display they are fanned.
In mid-game, this was bold.
All opponents now fold.
(How to play he does not understand.)
/// His three Aces, two Queens, took first place,
(though he nearly tried for that fourth Ace).
No raise after the ante,
so his winnings were scanty.
His huge smile is a poor poker face.
/// The game’s run by a shady card shark,
but this player was kept in the dark.
Though he won this first hand,
soon, big losses are planned.
On the back of each card is a mark.
/// He kept playing of his own volition,
and, somehow, he beat all competition.
He’d been acting a part;
fooled them all from the start.
He’s a hustler and close-up magician!
/// This man’s skill at “the sting” was amazing,
They got rooked with their minds somehow hazing.
He seemed dumb, not well-muscled,
yet the hustlers got hustled.
Were they drugged so they wouldn’t stop raising?