The Music Lesson

The Music Lesson

SK-A-4037

signature: ‘L. Moritz’

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.

Jelma van Amersfoort, 'The notes were not sweet till you sung them: French vocal music with guitar accompaniment, c. 1800-1840', Early Music 41 (2013) nr. 4, 605-619, omslag.

painter: Louis Moritz

1808

olieverf op paneel

• height 64.4 cm x width 70.4 cm x depth 6.5 cm
• height 47 cm x width 53 cm

purchase 1960

Public domain

Inv.;…; from the dealer Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, fl. 5,307.40, to the museum, 1960

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• Jelma van Amersfoort, 'The notes were not sweet till you sung them: French vocal music with guitar accompaniment, c. 1800-1840', Early Music 41 (2013) nr. 4, 605-619, omslag.
• 'Recent acquisitions at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam', The Burlington Magazine (2000) nov., p. 734.

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