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An Unknown Woman in a Drawing Room by Arthur Devis

An Unknown Woman in a Drawing Room

Arthur Devis · 1740

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Artist
Arthur Devis
Date
1740
Location
Yale Center for British Art
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Arthur Devis

Arthur Devis, an 18th-century English painter, masterfully captured the idealized domestic lives of the gentry in his distinctive 'conversation pieces,' often featuring elegant figures leaning against pillars or strolling through imagined landscapes.

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