The Experts is an early 19th-century painting by French artist Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.
Decamps intended The Experts to be a work of satire; the apes are dressed in the attire (Singerie) of French gentlemen, and are representative of art critics.
The painting the group is examining is a landscape by Nicolas Poussin, a 17th-century French painter.
[1] Decamps' work, which was originally shown at the Paris Salon of 1839, is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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