#cardsharps

Tyloran I’ve known for many years. His status has always been dubious. He was a travelling tinker, but that left many of his skills unsung. He was a ‘camp follower’ in that for a lot of this time he followed in the train of one or the other of the great Condottieri captains from Port Naain. This sounds grander than it is, as I doubt very much whether any of them knew Tyloran had graced their…

house of cards  see?

Caravaggio has treated this subject not as a caricature of vice but in a novelistic way, in which the interaction of gesture and glance evokes the drama of deception and lost innocence in the most human of terms. The Cardsharpsspawned countless paintings on related themes by artists throughout Europe—not the least of which was Georges de La Tour’s Cheat with the Ace of Clubs in the Kimbell. The Cardsharps was stamped on the back with the seal of Cardinal del Monte and inventoried among his possessions after his death in 1627.  

Carravagio : Cardsharps 1594-1595 Oil on convas

Cardsharps: Ace of Spades

I traced and modified Caravaggio’s “The Cardsharps”  

so that Hide is the trickster about to cheat using an Ace of Spades card.

Meanwhile, Kaneki tries to trigger Sasaki into remembering who Hide is.

I feel Hide’s significance has yet to be revealed in the manga, and that he will be the key to unlocking Sasaki’s repressed memories changing his views of the world once again; like he did when Hide revealed that he knew and how he always had a home to go back to.

Choosing this painting felt right because the costumes and era remind me of how Kaneki and Hide participated in a play together in their elementary years and Hide was the ‘witches helper’ tricking the prince, Kaneki.

Easter eggs number : 3 , see if you can spot the significant differences.