Valentin de Boulogne
(1591 - 1632)

 

Valentin de Boulogne, sometimes referred to as Le Valentin, was a French painter in the tenebrist style. His father, also named Valentin, and his uncle Jean were both painters. 

Valentin had success with a type of composition invented by Caravaggio in which fortune tellers, drinkers, or gamblers are grouped around a table. Valentin himself was fond of carousing and fine wine. Approximately 75 of his works survive. Valentin's genius shows in the subtleness of psychological expression and interplay among his characters, as well as in the refinement and finesse of his painting technique.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_de_Boulogne

 

Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)
c. 1618/1620
Oil on canvas
121 x 152 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/107315-soldiers-playing-cards-and-dice-cheats