The music lesson

Borch, Gerard ter, the younger (1617-1681) (workshop of)

Unknown (Dutch)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1670
Height:
69.0 cm  (27 3/16 in.)
Width:
55.1 cm  (21 11/16 in.)
framed size is 88 x 74.9 cm
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
School:
Dutch golden age

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Timken Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1960.6.10]

Description

A woman is playing a theorboed lute while reading from a music book; her teacher is gesturing with his hand.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorboed-lute (Double-headed lute with unfingered bass strings)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4016