- Title:
- Conversation Piece
- Object name(s):
- Picture; French
- Brief description:
- The specific subject of this picture has not been identified. Four figures that seem to be dressed in costumes of the era of Henry IV, around 1600, are shown busy in conversation.Although the picture is signed at the bottom left corner and it is the type of painting favoured by Monticelli, its authenticity has been doubted on stylistic grounds. Not only are the forms more defined, but the colour palette is untypical of him.Technical analysis by National Gallery conservators appears to confirm this observation. In fact, both the panel support of the painting and its technique, with the surface completely covered with paint, are not characteristic of Monticelli. Unsurprisingly, considering he was highly regarded by his contemporaries, his work was widely imitated. This picture was possibly painted by an artist following his style in the 1870s.
- Collection:
- National Gallery
- Accession date:
- 1956-01-01
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1956
- Date - latest:
- 1956
- Acquisition source:
- Harry Wearne
- Associated concept:
- costume
- Credit line:
- Presented as part of the 'Harry Wearne Collection of Twelve Paintings by Monticelli' to the Tate Gallery, 1939; transferred, 1956
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Current reproduction location:
- 1/789/388/488/mid_N-5017-00-000009.jpg
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 33.00
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 25.40
- Form:
- None
- Inscription content:
- Signed
- Material:
- oil on wood
- Material:
- oil
- Material:
- wood
- Object name:
- Picture; French
- Object production date:
- probably 1870-90
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1870
- Date - latest:
- 1890
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 1850-74
- Date - period:
- 1875-99
- Object production person:
- Adolphe Monticelli
- Person's birth date:
- 1824
- Person's death date:
- 1886
- Object production place:
- France
- Other number:
- NG5017
- Other number type:
- object number
- Other number:
- 0E7P-0001-0000-0000
- Other number type:
- PID
- Other number:
- NG5017
- Other number type:
- display number
- Other number:
- 000-02NI-0000
- Other number type:
- PID (NG alternative)
- Other number:
- ng35017
- Other number type:
- sort number
- Responsible department/section:
- Main Collection
- Right note:
- To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Style:
- Impressionist
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School: Early 19th Century, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists etc.
- Reference details:
- 109-10
- Reference note:
- Latest catalogue
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School
- Reference details:
- 163
- Reference note:
- Previous catalogues
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
- Reference details:
- 467
- Reference note:
- Key bibliography
- Reference type:
- reference
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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