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Helen Langdon, Caravaggio's Cardsharps: trickery and illusion (London; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013).

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Helen Langdon, Caravaggio's Cardsharps: trickery and illusion (London; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013).

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Possibly collection of Joseph Bonaparte [1]. Mr. and Mrs. Barklie McKee Henry; 1961 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

 Notes 

[1]  A note in the curatorial files states: "Mr. Henry's great-grandfather, Bernard Henry, was U.S. Consul at Gibraltar ca 1812-1836.\n
\nUnwittingly, he harbored Achille Murat, King of Naples, who was a fugitive using an\nassumed name.  On learning of his identity, to avoid compromising the United States,\nhe helped Murat escape quietly.  The Bonapartes, as an expression of appreciation, gave\n
\nMrs. Henry a pearl necklace and this painting.  (A son of Joseph Bonaparte married\nthe Henry's daughter.)." However, Joseph Bonaparte did not have any sons.

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