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A conversation piece is an informal group portrait, especially those painted in Britain in the 18th century, beginning in the 1720s. [1]

27 relations: Adriaen van de Venne, Arthur Devis, Cheshire, Conversation opener, David Vinckboons, Dirck Hals, Frans Hals, George Stubbs, Grand manner, Hieronymus Janssens, Johan Zoffany, Joshua Reynolds, Kingdom of Great Britain, Low Countries, Madonna (art), Mario Praz, Museo del Prado, Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait, Rembrandt, Sacra conversazione, Thames & Hudson, The Garden of Love (Rubens), The Night Watch, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, William Gaunt (art historian), William Hogarth.

Adriaen van de Venne

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589 – 12 November 1662), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.

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Arthur Devis

Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was a Lancashire-born artist, half-brother of the painter Anthony Devis (1729–1816), and father of painters Thomas Anthony Devis (1757–1810) and Arthur William Devis (1762–1822).

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Conversation opener

A conversation opener is an introduction used to begin a conversation.

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David Vinckboons

David Vinckboons (baptized 13 August 1576 – c.1632) was a Dutch Golden Age painter born in Mechelen, Southern Netherlands.

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Dirck Hals

Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born at Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes.

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Frans Hals

Frans Hals the Elder (– 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, normally of portraits, who lived and worked in Haarlem.

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George Stubbs

George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.

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Grand manner

Grand Manner refers to an idealized aesthetic style derived from classical art, and the modern "classic art" of the High Renaissance.

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Hieronymus Janssens

Hieronymus Janssens or Jeroom Janssens (nicknamed Den danser) (1624, Antwerp - 1693, Antwerp) was a Flemish genre painter known for his compositions depicting elegant companies engaging in dance, music or play, which were of influence on the development of the genre of the conversation piece.

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Johan Zoffany

Johan Joseph Zoffany, RA (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij, 13 March 173311 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England.

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Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries or, in the geographic sense of the term, the Netherlands (de Lage Landen or de Nederlanden, les Pays Bas) is a coastal region in northwestern Europe, consisting especially of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, and Ems rivers where much of the land is at or below sea level.

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Madonna (art)

A Madonna is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus.

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Mario Praz

Mario Praz KBE (September 6, 1896, Rome – March 23, 1982, Rome) was an Italian-born critic of art and literature, and a scholar of English literature.

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Museo del Prado

The Prado Museum is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist.

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

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Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker.

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Sacra conversazione

In art, a sacra conversazione, (plural: sacre conversazioni) meaning holy/sacred conversation, but normally left in Italian, is a genre developed in Italian Renaissance painting, with a depiction of the Virgin and Child (the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus) amidst a group of saints in a relatively informal grouping, as opposed to the more rigid and hierarchical compositions of earlier periods.

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Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson (also Thames and Hudson and sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture.

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The Garden of Love (Rubens)

The Garden of Love is a painting by Rubens, produced in around 1633 and now in the Prado Museum in Madrid.

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The Night Watch

Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch (De Nachtwacht), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.

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Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/1592 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher.

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William Gaunt (art historian)

William Gaunt (1900–1980) was a British artist and art historian, best known for his books on British 19th-century art.

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth FRSA (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation_piece

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