# The Music Lesson

- By: Louis Moritz (The Hague, 1773–1850)
- Date: 1808
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 47 cm x width 53 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4037--0b828a19abfc28d7158d9dbfa74275ae)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1acc6b625abd95861c1a3df6161c7963.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.