Gustave Caillebotte - The Bezique Game (1881)

We see 6 men walking down the street 2 men carrying a man (Francis) back to his apartment in Paris, all the people are walking up the stairs into a room with chairs and a table inside, there is a pack of cards on the table, Enzo challenges Baptise to a game of Bezique, Baptise agrees as long as Mathieu works as the 'umpire' to ensure fair play between the 2 French Men.

This image was painted after the 6 guys had come back from a wild night down the seine, Francis in the background has had too many Cointreau's and is in an awkward limbo between passed out drunk and awake. Baptiste and Enzo are playing a rather intense game of Bezique, the winner of this game doesn't have to pay for the rounds of drinks at tomorrows evening out at Le Grand Véfour.

Mathieu is standing above Enzo to make sure he isn't cheating. Enzo is known throughout Paris for cheating in card games, he is trying to re-establish his image as a reliable player. Baptiste and his cousin Clemènt are smoking Francis's latest batch of smokeable herd called Feuilles brûlées (Burnt Leaves), Francis has made a good amount of money from selling brûlées to the richer people in France.

This painting is the last moment of serenity. Enzo is about to be accused of cheating, as he is about to win the game. Enzo after trying to recreate his image, is about to snap, flip the table and a drunken brawl will begin. Everyone is Frozen as the painting is the still image; the calm before the storm. Baptiste and Enzo will start throwing chairs and cards at each other, Clemént, Mathieu and Jean are watching intensely, betting on who will win the dazed duel of strength.

All in slow motion Francis gets up walks through the debris and cards being launched over to the window that over looks the Champs Elyeses, he watches over Paris, whilst his friends continue fighting.