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The Music Lesson
1662–1665 painting by Johannes Vermeer
This article is about the painting by Vermeer.
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For other uses, see The Music Lesson (disambiguation).
The Music Lesson, Woman Seated at a Virginal or A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Johannes Vermeer is a painting of a young female pupil playing a virginal during a music lesson with a male teacher.
The man's mouth is slightly agape giving the impression that he is singing along with the music that the young girl is playing. This suggests that there is a relationship between the two figures and the idea of love and music being bridged together.
This was a common theme among Netherlandish art in this time period. Vermeer consistently used the same objects within his paintings such as the draped rug, the white water jug, various instruments, tiled floor and windows that convey light and shadows.
This is one of few paintings produced by Vermeer which were kept in his home until his death in 1675 when his