De muziekles

Moritz, Louis (1773-1850)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1808

Height:

47.0 cm  (18 1/2 in.)

Width:

53.0 cm  (20 7/8 in.)

Signed lower right: L. Moritz

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Additional titles

Description

A standing woman (possibly a singer) is arguing with the man (possibly a likeness of the artist as a music teacher) standing in front of her with his violin under his right arm, and pointing with his bow to the musical score resting on a music stand on the table. On the right another woman is tuning her guitar. The guitar case is resting on the ground. Above the doorway in the background is an image of Apollo with his lyre.

Iconclass

48C7211
musician training pupils, music-lesson

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (five courses?)
Violin [3573]
Bow [2207]
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Ham, Gijs Van der, ed. Netherlandish art in the Rijksmuseum 1800-1900 (Zwolle: Waanders, 2009) 80-81. ISBN 9040086168.

Grijzenhout, Frans. Edele eenvoud: neo-classicisme in Nederland 1765-1800 (Zwolle: Waanders, 1989) 159-169. ISBN 9066301864.

Thiel, P.J.J. van. All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum; Maarssen: G. Schwartz, 1976) 399. ISBN: 9061790107.

Amersfoort, Jelma van. "'The notes were not sweet till you sung them': French vocal music with guitar accompaniment, c.1800–1840", Early music 41/4 (2013) 605-619, illus. 1. RILM 2013-11597.

RIdIM record id

2901