Your eyes are aces if you can spot the playing cards in this 16th-century painting in under 10 seconds
YOU ARE going to need pin-sharp vision to spot the playing cards in this 16th-century painting.
You only get ten seconds to complete the task and if you manage the impossible, then you really are the ace in the pack.
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent was painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559.
Bruegel was a Dutch/Flemish artist, considered one of the greats of his generation.
He was also a pioneer in his depiction of peasants at work and play in his studies.
As usual with his work, there is an awful lot going on in this piece centered around a busy town square, making the task of finding cardplayers even more challenging.
There is an added complexity too because this painting features upwards of over 200 characters.
In it, Bruegel offers a snapshot of contemporary Dutch life of that period.
In one corner, a group is dancing in a circle, nearby a man empties a bucket of water from an upstairs window into the face of another.
In another corner, a woman cleans windows while a man is perched perilously on a ledge just above her.
But there is also some card playing going on, but can you find it amidst all the chaos?
Bruegel’s painting is going to take some careful scrutinizing to get to the bottom of this challenge.
It’s going to be hard not to get distracted by the many scenes unfolding in this work.
But stay focused because the ace in the pack is there.
Don’t worry if your eyes fail you and you are struggling to find it.
The culprit is circled in red in the picture below, solving this eye test once and for all.