The Music Lesson

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The Music Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, depicting an intimate scene of music-making in a meticulously rendered domestic interior.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
painting
artHistoricalPeriod Baroque
artHistoricalRegion Dutch Baroque
artist Johannes Vermeer
city London
collection Royal Collection
completionDate circa 1665
country United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Johannes Vermeer
currentPlacement Windsor Castle
dateOfCreation circa 1662–1665
depicts ceiling beams
checkerboard floor
domestic interior
inscription on virginal lid
lead-glass windows
marble floor tiles
mirror on the wall
music lesson
musical instruments
oriental carpet
standing male figure
subtle light from a window on the left
table with carpet
use of perspective in interior space
viola da gamba
woman playing a virginal
genre genre painting
interior scene
hasPart lead-glass window
marble-tiled floor
mirror
oriental carpet
viola da gamba
virginal
inception circa 1662
inventoryNumber RCIN 405346
languageOfTitle English
location The Royal Collection
mainSubject music-making
teacher and pupil
materialUsed oil on canvas
medium oil paint
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
originalLanguageOfTitle Dutch
originalTitle De muziekles
owner Charles III
style Baroque
support canvas

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jan Verkolje ("The Music Lesson (attributed)")
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
notableWork
The Music Lesson ("De muziekles")
originalTitle

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