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The Music Lesson
Also titled De muziekles
Louis Moritz (The Hague, 1773–1850)
1808
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 47 cm x width 53 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Two women are rehearsing a duet for guitar and voice under the guidance of a music teacher. Given that women were not supposed to become professional musicians at that time, they usually received musical training in the home. Recitals also took place there. Wind instruments were not considered suitable for women, but singing, or playing the piano, harp and guitar were.
