Conversation pieces : a survey of the informal group portrait in Europe and America / by Mario Praz
1971. London : Methuen. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, in a slipcase. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443047
ISBN: 0416079601
Physical description: 287p : ports(some col.) ; 29cm. Contents: Introduction: The art of the bourgeoisie -- Preface: Family portraits -- Definition of the conversation piece -- The family portrait in antiquity -- The group -- The indoor conversation piece -- The conversation round a table -- The family group in an outdoor setting -- The couple -- Sporting and musical conversations, and painter's family groups -- Groups in period costume and allegorial portraits -- Mourning pictures and portraits with a bust. Subjects: Portraits. Conversation piece (Portrait painting).
Price: €48.95