Art studio. 17th-18th century artwork showing an artist and his assistants at work in an art studio. At left,surrounded by sculpted busts and figures in front of a window,is a man seated at a table reading a book. At right are painters,assistants,teachers and pupils,one seated at an easel. At centre is a celestial globe. The group in the background at upper right are gathered around a figurine. This artwork,titled 'Art',is part of the paired artworks titled 'of Art and Science'. An oil-on-canvas work,mounted on board,it is after an earlier artwork by Flemish painter Gerard Thomas |