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A Concert

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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A boy sings from a partbook while his music master beats time with his finger and perhaps sings along. A woman leans her arm against the teacher’s shoulder, her head tilted with a faraway look as if she is listening to the music. A youth accompanies the boy on a viol da gamba, while a young man behind him plays the recorder. The theme of music-making is often associated in art with lovemaking and the passing of time.

For many years The Music Lesson was believed to have been painted in the early 1600s by an artist imitating the style of Titian. Cleaning and technical examination revealed that the painting has much in common with pictures painted by Titian and his workshop in the 1530s.

This type of picture – a group of figures with the suggestion of a story or portraiture – was made popular by Giorgione, with whom Titian associated closely in his youth.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Concert

Date

about 1580

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 100.4 x W 126.1 cm

Accession number

NG3

Acquisition method

Bought, 1824

Work type

Painting

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