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Lady At The Virginal With A Piano Analysis

Decent Essays

Dalton Hocutt
Scott Baine
Art 1113 VG 01
4 October 2017

Part one: General Information
Title: Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, The Music Lesson’
Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Date: 1662-1665
Provenance: This painting was painted in London, England. It was painted for a fellow named Jacob Dissius, and around 1742 it was acquired by King George the 3rd.
Location: This painting was located in the Royal Collection in London. Later it was moved to the Buckingham Palace.
Media: Vermeer painted this artwork by using oil paint. He painted this painting on a canvas.
Dimensions: 29.4” x 25.2”

Part Two: Description
There is a young girl, who is wearing a dress, in the painting playing on the decorated piano in the painting “The Music Lesson.” She is being taught by a teacher who is not in as much of detail as the little girl. The instructor is holding a cane. The instructor is also wearing a gold bracelet. The instructor is located on the right hand side of the painting just right of the young girl playing the piano.The texture of the painting really expresses its age. In this painting there is another painting inside of this one painting. There is also a mirror directly above the young girl playing the piano which is held up by a brass knob. The room that the teacher and young girl are in is very well decorated. There is a vase on the table which is located on the right hand side of the paintng.The windows in the room are stained. The windows are located on the left

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