Current knowledge
© The National Gallery, London NG 3
Possibly by Titian
The Music Lesson
Current measurements:
99cm x 120cm
Date:
about 1535
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 1639
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
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):