The themes of their canvases were typically small cabinet paintings or etchings of everyday life, including peasants in picaresque activities or other scenes of daily life.
A small painting which was intended to be viewed closely and at leisure in a Renaissance cabinet, a fact usually reflected in a highly finished style and the subject matter, which was often allegorical. Cabinet paintings and pieces first occur in the ...
Easel: Upright stand used by artists to hold the canvas or panel; such easels range from permanent, stable studio rnodels to portable and desk models. Easel painting: Strictly, any painting made on an easel; usually applied to cabinet paintings.
 See also: Etching, Painting, Reproduction, Panel, Draughtsman
  
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