Bezique Each of these is worth ten points. This number is added to the total score already earned from the various melds the player has declared. Traditionally, the first player to reach 1,000 points wins, which normally involves an average of three to four rounds being played. However, a different target figure may be agreed upon before play begins, such as the first person to reach 2,000 points. Bezique Bezique () or Bésigue () is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players. The game is derived from Piquet, possibly via Marriage (Sixty-six) and Briscan, with additional scoring
Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior is a c. 1663 – 1665 oil on canvas painting by Pieter de Hooch, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed "P. D. HOOCH". It is now in the Louvre, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as "Soldiers Playing Cards" (1657–1658; private collection) and "Card Players in a Bright Interior" (1658; Windsor Castle, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later "Card Players at a Table" (1670–1674; private collection).