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The Gallant Conversation is an oil-on-canvas painting from circa 1654 by Gerard ter Borch (the Younger). A late 18th century French print of the work is titled The Paternal Admonition apparently believing it showed a father reprimanding his daughter but modern art historians see it as a conversation between two prospective lovers either a discussion of a betrothal or more likely a customer propositioning a prostitute in a brothel.
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