# The Conversation, in The 19th century

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin painted this in 1875–79, aged about 52. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1875–79
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 55.5 × 38 cm (21 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Framed: 69.5 × 52.1 × 8.9 cm (27 3/8 × 20 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1935.71
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/marcellin-gilbert-desboutin), French, 1823–1902

1 works in the collection.

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