DETAILS
- Artist
- Arthur Devis
- Date
- 1738
- Location
- Tate
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THE ARTIST
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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