The Music Lesson
A charming picture depicting a young boy singing at a concert, the painting is now considered a product of Titian and his workshop, rather than the master outright. The composition owes much to the older Venetian artist Giorgione, from whom Titian took inspiration. It came to England from the Mantua sale.
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 17, № 1
Titian
5 life-size, half-length figures, 1 teaching, 2 singing, 3 playing on a Bandore, 4 playing a flute, 5 a woman listening to the music
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
3ft 3in (or 4in) x 4ft 3in (99.1 x 129.5cm)
Medium:
canvas
Light:
light from the [blank]
Frame:
wooden frame
Provenance:
Mantua piece
Location:
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 21
Other inventories:
Mantua 1627, no. 964 (20 scudi, 420 lire)
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51