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A conversation piece refers to a group portrait in a domestic or landscape setting depicting persons chatting or otherwise socializing with each other.[1]

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  1. 36 relations: Adriaen Brouwer, Adriaen van de Venne, Andrea Mantegna, Antoine Watteau, Arnolfini Portrait, Arthur Devis, Caspar Netscher, Cheshire, Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen, David Teniers the Younger, David Vinckboons, Dirck Hals, Fête galante, Gabriël Metsu, Gawen Hamilton, George Stubbs, Gerard ter Borch, Gonzales Coques, Grand manner, Hieronymus Janssens, Jacob Ochtervelt, Jan van Eyck, Johan Zoffany, Joos van Craesbeeck, Joshua Reynolds, Low Countries, Mario Praz, Museo del Prado, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait, Thames & Hudson, The Garden of Love (Rubens), Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, William Gaunt (art historian), William Hogarth.

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Adriaen Brouwer

Adriaen Brouwer (– January 1638) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.

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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, designer of political satires, and versifier.

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Andrea Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna (September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.

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Antoine Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau (baptised October 10, 1684died July 18, 1721) Also via Oxford Art Online (subscription needed).

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Arnolfini Portrait

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck.

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Arthur Devis

Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist whose father, Anthony, was progenitor of what became a family dynasty of painters and writers.

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Caspar Netscher

Caspar (or Gaspar) Netscher (1639 – January 15, 1684) was a Dutch portrait and genre painter.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen

Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen or Christoffel van der Laemen (1607/1620 – c. 1651) was a Flemish painter who specialized in merry company scenes with elegant figures.

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David Teniers the Younger

David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator.

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David Vinckboons

David Vinckboons (baptized 13 August 1576 – 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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Fête galante

Fête galante (courtship party) is a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau's (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre, which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland settings.

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Gabriël Metsu

Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works.

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Gawen Hamilton

Gawen Hamilton (1698 – 1737), easily confused with the later, more prominent artist Gavin Hamilton, was a Scottish painter working in London, a member of the Rose and Crown Club.

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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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Gerard ter Borch

Gerard ter Borch (December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was a Dutch Golden Age painter mainly of genre subjects.

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Gonzales Coques

Gonzales Coques (between 1614 and 1618 – 18 April 1684) was a Flemish painter of portraits and history paintings.

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Grand manner

Grand manner refers to an idealized aesthetic style derived from classicism and the 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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Jacob Ochtervelt

Jacob Ochtervelt (1634–1682) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

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Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck (– 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

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Johan Zoffany

Johan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy, and India.

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Joos van Craesbeeck

Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06 – c. 1660) was a Flemish baker and a painter who played an important role in the development of Flemish genre painting in the mid-17th century through his tavern scenes and dissolute portraits.

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Joshua Reynolds

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

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Mario Praz

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

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Museo del Prado

The Museo del Prado, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.

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Netherlands Institute for Art History

The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world.

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Peter Paul Rubens

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

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. Conversation piece and portrait are portrait art.

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Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts.

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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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Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – 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 (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art.

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See also

Portrait art

References

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

Also known as Conversation piece (paintings).