"Cheating" since time began

This photo is on my 2011 calendar for January.


Painting by Georges de La Tour (1593-1652).

My boss actually visited France last year on vacation and brought me this calendar which is probably as close to France as I?ll ever get.

It has some amazing photos of paintings in it, this one caught my eye because I didn?t even know they had playing cards during this time period, but what?s even more interesting is that if you notice the male in the painting is holding a couple of cards behind his back, the ACE!

Cheating has been around since time began.