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Leaving the Table (Danish: Man rejser sig fra bordet), also known as Dinner Party at the Moresco's (Danish:Atenselskab hos familien Moresco), is a 1906 oil-on-canvas group portrait painting by Laurits Tuxen depicting a dinner party in Danish businessman Jacob Heinrich Moresco's home north of Copenhagen. The painting was a gift to Moresco on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his firm. Many of the 45 people seen in the painting are well-known businessman, politicians or other peers of the time.