Bezique 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 features, notably the peculiar liaison of the and that is also a feature of Pinochle, Binokel, and similarly named games that vary by country. Bezique was developed in France from the game Piquet, although the word Bezique, formerly "Bésique" or "Bésigue", was known in France in the 17th century, coming probably from the Italian card game Bazzica. The word "bezique" once meant "correspondence" or "association". In English-speaking
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).