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Although Vermeer held nothing original in his artistic interpretation and subject matter, he was extremely skilled in creating superb pieces of art. His work allows the viewer to be more active in the viewing process and this is clearly demonstrated in The Music Lesson.
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.
Music clearly was a part of Vermeer’s life, as evidenced by the many musical instruments featured in his paintings. The instruments frequently play a role in the narratives he portrays.
Many of the items in Vermeer’s paintings are her possessions and indicate that she was a member of the upper class. The rug on the table, the white water jug, the musical instruments on the floor, and the tiled floor all look very familiar as they appear in various other paintings by the artist.
The Concert and The Music Lesson present elements of the style and the design of Vermeer's maturity; they also introduce that studied obliquity of theme, with its delicate symbolic accompaniment, which provides the matter of his later works.
Johannes Vermeer's mastery is on full display in The Music Lesson, a painting that invites deep contemplation. This artwork, rich with symbolism, provides insight into 17th-century Dutch society.
The Music Lesson, one of Jan Vermeer’s most famous paintings, depicts the importance of music in his work. Like Vermeer, the Elder created scenes like these, although he was more of a portrait and genre painter than Vermeer himself.
Indeed, this painting is one of the most refined works in Vermeer's oeuvre. In it, figures, musical instruments, picture, mirror, table, tile patterns, and chairs, however realistically presented, are conceived as patterns of color and shape.
Created around the same time as Vermeer’s The Milkmaid, it has a more traditional topic: a biblical scene of the Virgin Mary nursing Christ. Still, many similarities can be found in how Vermeer and Sirani depict a female figure.
Johannes Vermeer is one of the most famous painters. He is also one of the most musical ones: no less than 13 of his paintings depict musical instruments. Let's meet them!