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The Music Lesson

Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840
Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840

Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840

$8,488Sale Price / set|78% Off

H 24.02 in Dm 20.08 in

Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840

Located in PARIS, FR

Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson

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Antique 1840s French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique Print of 'The Music Lesson' Made after A. Watteau '1902'
Antique Print of 'The Music Lesson' Made after A. Watteau '1902'

Antique Print of 'The Music Lesson' Made after A. Watteau '1902'

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'The Music Lesson'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a

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Early 20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet

A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

Music Lesson' after Jean-Antoine Watteau. Flanked by panels decorated with putti and landscape scenes to

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Large Plaster Neoclassical Wall Plaque After Canova
Large Plaster Neoclassical Wall Plaque After Canova

Large Plaster Neoclassical Wall Plaque After Canova

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

sale, this one depicting an impression of Canova’s work titled ‘The Music Lesson’. Style alone as

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20th Century English Neoclassical Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Glazed Pottery Skyphos Drinking Cup
Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Glazed Pottery Skyphos Drinking Cup

Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Glazed Pottery Skyphos Drinking Cup

Located in Stamford, CT

and Iphikles playing the lyre at a music lesson, reverse Herakles arriving late with his nurse after

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Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Antique Napoleon III Bookcase
Antique Napoleon III Bookcase

Antique Napoleon III Bookcase

$1,712

H 54.73 in W 20.48 in D 11.82 in

Antique Napoleon III Bookcase

Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire

sits on casters, making it easy to put it back in place after music lessons. The piece dates from the

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Vintage 1940s French Napoleon III Bookcases

Materials

Wood

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The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson

Walter Bonner GashThe Music Lesson, 1890

Unavailable

H 49.5 in W 33 in

The Music Lesson

By Walter Bonner Gash

Located in Edgartown, MA

An exquisite example of Walter Bonner Gash’s mastery, The Music Lesson (c. 1890) captures the quiet

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Paintings

Materials

Oil

The music lesson
The music lesson

The music lesson

By Jan Roede

Located in Ede, NL

forms that came out of it. Artwork details: Jan Roëde Groningen 1914-2007 Rijswijk (Z.H.) The music

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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Music Lesson

Thomas Hart BentonThe Music Lesson, 1943

Unavailable

H 10.13 in W 12.5 in

The Music Lesson

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in Wellesley, MA

In excellent condition. This image depicts a man giving a young girl a music lesson. He is

Category

1940s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Music Lesson" 1983, Pastel on Rives Paper, Abstract Pianist
"The Music Lesson" 1983, Pastel on Rives Paper, Abstract Pianist

"The Music Lesson" 1983, Pastel on Rives Paper, Abstract Pianist

Located in Baton Rouge, US

"The Music Lesson" comes from a group of narrative work dating from the 1980s. The compositions

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media

Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century
Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century

Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

feelings through such topics as the proposal, the music lesson (characters playing of the lute and the

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Antique 1830s French Gothic Vases

Materials

Metal

Still life with musical instruments (pair)
Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Located in Zürich, CH

“concerts”, “duets”, “music lessons”. In the Leiden still life, the attributes of music were symbolically

Category

17th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Kálmán, The Music Lesson, Oil Painting
Peter Kálmán, The Music Lesson, Oil Painting

Peter Kálmán, The Music Lesson, Oil Painting

Located in Cheltenham, GB

music lesson with two women. Kálmán’s interiors are often fizzing with narrative and alive with

Category

1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 20th Century Mezzotint - The Music Lesson
Early 20th Century Mezzotint - The Music Lesson

Early 20th Century Mezzotint - The Music Lesson

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming mezzotint depicting a family gathered around a table. The father teaches a young child how to play a zither while the mother watches. Beautifully presented in a cabinet fr...

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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877-1943) - German School Oil, The Music Lesson
Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877-1943) - German School Oil, The Music Lesson

Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877-1943) - German School Oil, The Music Lesson

Located in Corsham, GB

This evocative interior scene depicts two women engaged in a musical performance, both playing a stringed instrument round a large wooden table. The composition is intimate and warml...

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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Music Lesson - Samuel Arlent-Edwards Mezzotint, 1923
Music Lesson - Samuel Arlent-Edwards Mezzotint, 1923

Music Lesson - Samuel Arlent-Edwards Mezzotint, 1923

By Nicolas Lancret 1

Located in Savannah, GA

A mezzotint by Samuel Arlent-Edwards entitled "The Music Lesson" after Nicolas Lancret, 1923. In

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Vintage 1920s Other Prints

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Antique Male Figural Bronze The Flute Lesson Jacques Antoine Théodore Coinchon
Antique Male Figural Bronze The Flute Lesson Jacques Antoine Théodore Coinchon

Antique Male Figural Bronze The Flute Lesson Jacques Antoine Théodore Coinchon

Located in Dublin, Ireland

. The scene is of a music lesson as the young boy is tutored by his teacher in a rural scene. All the

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Antique 17th Century French Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

'Cours de Musique' Small Impressionist Interior Painting with Harp
'Cours de Musique' Small Impressionist Interior Painting with Harp

'Cours de Musique' Small Impressionist Interior Painting with Harp

Located in Atlanta, GA

painting depicts a mother and daughter seated next to a harp, perhaps for the daughter's music lesson.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

RESTING NUDE

RESTING NUDE

By Anya Fisher

Located in Los Angeles, CA

five and later took lessons at the Music Conservatory of Odessa. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution

Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

MUSIC LESSON
MUSIC LESSON

Thomas Hart BentonMUSIC LESSON, 1945

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H 10.125 in W 12.5 in

MUSIC LESSON

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in Santa Monica, CA

THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) THE MUSIC LESSON 1943, (Fath 60) Lithograph, signed in pencil

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

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Set of 3 Neoclassical Style Plaster Wall Roundels
Set of 3 Neoclassical Style Plaster Wall Roundels

Set of 3 Neoclassical Style Plaster Wall Roundels

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

the Land and The Music Lesson. Cast in plaster, these neoclassical wall plaques have a worn, aged

Category

Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA, A Game Of Chess
Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA, A Game Of Chess

Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA, A Game Of Chess

By Francis Sydney Muschamp

Located in Cheltenham, GB

produced two comparable works around the same time, ‘The Music Lesson’ and ‘A Surprise Visit’. Both feature

Category

1890s English School Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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How Much is a The Music Lesson?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a the music lesson in our inventory may begin at $207 and can go as high as $44,496, while the average can fetch as much as $9,097.
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