>"With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: A Game of Cut-Throat Euchre from Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance"

I'm no professional, but isn't it unusual to see a secular picture lit from above like this? Caravaggio's influence is being acknowledged here technically but I wonder if it goes further. Caravaggio was a great painter of religious subjects using ordinary people from the street as models and also painted card players in a close group. I may be reading too much into this, but given that some of Christ's disciples were fishermen, the ethereal li…