page_title: Johann Eleazar Zeissig
section_title: Example: Das Kunstgespräch (The Art Discussion)
hierarchical_section_title: Johann Eleazar Zeissig / Work / Example: Das Kunstgespräch (The Art Discussion)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Johann Eleazar Zeissig, genannt Schenau: Das Kunstgespräch. Ölgemälde 1777, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
context_page_description: Johann Eleazar Zeissig, also known as Schenau, was a German genre, portrait and porcelain painter, and engraver; director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden.
context_section_description: This important work of 1777 shows, in the foreground on the right, the Saxon statesman, Thomas Fritsch (1700-1775), together with Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, art theorist and collector. Both are engrossed in a conversation about art. On the table between them, allegorical figures representing painting, sculpture and poetry can be seen. Amongst those listening in the background are painters Adrian Zingg (left), Schenau himself and Anton Graff.
caption: The Art Discussion (1777)
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