![After Jean-Francois Detroy - The Game of Pied de Boeuf [after 1725] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t_VxURpYBUgboVN8EKOlGScNdwB8BR5qrXPVv9jAFBylhbnLj0at-N6N2t9VK4m-nHteYmi9jgTwDZ5zBk5OTusU2FvwLnApG2Y6YtEX3vk65ATYDy0MfziXmtV1E27Q=s0-d)
After Jean-Francois Detroy - The Game of Pied de Boeuf [after 1725], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
The game was originally a children's game, in which the players put their hands one on top of another, counting upwards from one; whoever had nine seized a hand not on the pile, saying 'Je tiens mon pied de boeuf.' The painting is a copy of an original exhibited at the Salon in 1725; the composition has been inverted and a different background has been added.
[Oil on wood, 33.7 x 27.6 cm]
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