The Game of the Cooking Pot

Pietro Longhi

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows five individuals in an indoor setting. Four are standing, while one person with long dark hair is seated on a chair in the bottom left corner, wearing a long dark green robe. In the center of the painting is a group of three people, including a man in a light gold embroidered coat and white breeches with a white wig. In the middle of this trio is a woman in an elaborate ivory gown with pink lace details, holding a fan and wearing a floral pink accessory in her white powdered hair. Another woman stands slightly behind her, dressed in a brown gown with gray styled hair. On the right, a blindfolded man stands and holds a wooden stick, wearing a long brown coat with silver embroidery, a white blindfold, and a white wig. A floral, light-blue cloth has been tucked into the front of his pants, covering blue breeches. All of the people in the painting have pale skin. The floor is light brown, and a small, round, brown object is on the floor in front of the group. The background includes a table with a pink tablecloth, wine bottles, and pastries, below a framed painting on the wall. The wall is a pale, blue-green color, and green drapes hang on the right side of the room next to a brown opening.