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Monks at Supper

Alessandro Magnasco · c. 1720

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Artist

Alessandro Magnasco

Date

c. 1720

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

68 × 82 cm (26 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.); Framed: 76.2 × 87 × 6.4 cm (30 × 34 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Place

Italy

Period

18th century

Themes

Interiors · Reading and letters

Main colour

Grey · lightness 33, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules