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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

Located in PARIS, FR

Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson.

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Antique 1840s French Paintings

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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 painting by A.

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Early 20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze att  to  Franz Bergmann
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze att  to  Franz Bergmann

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze att to Franz Bergmann

By Franz Bergmann

Located in New York, NY

FRANZ BERGMANN Austrian, (1838-1894) The Music Lesson Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Figures of a boy learning to play the Mandolin. 16 inches high

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Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Music Lesson Italian Romanticism Neo-Rococo Oil Painting Gerolamo Induno
Music Lesson Italian Romanticism Neo-Rococo Oil Painting Gerolamo Induno

Music Lesson Italian Romanticism Neo-Rococo Oil Painting Gerolamo Induno

Located in London, GB

Italian artists like Induno embraced these conventions, marrying technical precision with narrative elegance and a distinctly modern psychological insight. In ‘The Music Lesson’, a ...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

The central panel with 'The Music Lesson' after Jean-Antoine Watteau. Flanked by panels decorated with putti and landscape scenes to the side.

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vitrines

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Bronze

'The Smoker (Le Fumeur)' original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega
'The Smoker (Le Fumeur)' original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega

'The Smoker (Le Fumeur)' original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega

By Cornelis Bega

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Less common subjects include the ridiculed or pestered woman, as in Two Figures and Mother with a Spirits Bottle (c. 1662; Gouda, Stedel, Museum Catharina Gasthuis) and The Inn (etch...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Pair of 18th Century French Genre Paintings in Carved Gilt Frames
Pair of 18th Century French Genre Paintings in Carved Gilt Frames

Pair of 18th Century French Genre Paintings in Carved Gilt Frames

By Niklas Lavreince

Located in Dallas, TX

One painting illustrates a drawing lesson, with a seated lady guided by her instructor before an easel, while the companion piece portrays a music lesson, with a young woman at a key...

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Antique Mid-18th Century French Paintings

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Giltwood

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

Ancient Greek style hand painted glazed pottery shyphos, a two handle drinking cup, depicting Linos and Iphikles playing the lyre at a music lesson, reverse Herakles arriving late wi...

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Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Ceramics

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Pottery

Antique Napoleon III Bookcase
Antique Napoleon III Bookcase

Antique Napoleon III Bookcase

Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire

It sits on casters, making it easy to put it back in place after music lessons. The piece dates from the 1900s and already has a history, as its condition is used, giving it the char...

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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 elegance and nostalgia that define his work.

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Late 19th Century Victorian Paintings

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Oil

The music lesson
The music lesson

The music lesson

By Jan Roede

Located in Ede, NL

Artwork details: Jan Roëde Groningen 1914-2007 Rijswijk (Z.H.) The music lesson oil on canvas 47,2 x 60,7 cm, signed l.c. en dated '59

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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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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

This image depicts a man giving a young girl a music lesson. He is playing the guitar. It is a very sweet, detail-oriented, and endearing portrait image.

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1940s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

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

Represented in historical costume we can date between the end from 15th and first half of 16th century, four characters form an iconographic speech characteristic of the courtly love...

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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

Only with the division of painting into these genres in the 17th century did the theme of music acquire independent significance, began to exist as one of their subject areas: in the...

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17th Century Paintings

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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

This spirited early-20th-century oil painting by Serbian artist Peter Kálmán (1877-1948) depicts a music lesson with two women. Kálmán’s interiors are often fizzing with narrative a...

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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

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Mezzotint

'The Music Lesson', 19th Century oil painting of an interior with figures
'The Music Lesson', 19th Century oil painting of an interior with figures

'The Music Lesson', 19th Century oil painting of an interior with figures

By Albert Bauré

Located in London, GB

On the reverse of the painting, the label reads, 'Auszug aus dem Künstlerlexikon Bénézit' ('Excerpt from the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists'), with a short biography of the artist in ...

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19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 ornate gilt quatrefoil frame.

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Vintage 1920s Other Prints

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

La Leçon de Musique, Son de Cloche - Etching - 1968
La Leçon de Musique, Son de Cloche - Etching - 1968

La Leçon de Musique, Son de Cloche - Etching - 1968

By (after) René Magritte

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper, 1968 Title: The Music Lesson or The Sound of the Bell / La Lecon de Musique or Son de Cloche,1968 Technique: Stamped Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Col...

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

The Concert - 21st Century Classical Style Oil Painting (after Vermeer)
The Concert - 21st Century Classical Style Oil Painting (after Vermeer)

The Concert - 21st Century Classical Style Oil Painting (after Vermeer)

By Cornelis Le Mair

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

The painting is called by some "the painting with a flaw". The lady taking music lessons would look at the teacher and look at her fingers in the mirror.

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2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

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.

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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

This beautiful turn of the century/early 1900's painting depicts a mother and daughter seated next to a harp, perhaps for the daughter's music lesson.

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

RESTING NUDE

RESTING NUDE

By Anya Fisher

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Identified as a musical prodigy when she was very young, she played with adults from the age of five and later took lessons at the Music Conservatory of Odessa. In 1917, the Bolsh...

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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 lower right.

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1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Homage To Mary Lou(The Piano Lesson) Signed Lithograph, Black Heritage, Music
Homage To Mary Lou(The Piano Lesson) Signed Lithograph, Black Heritage, Music

Homage To Mary Lou(The Piano Lesson) Signed Lithograph, Black Heritage, Music

By Romare Bearden

Located in Union City, NJ

Homage To Mary Lou(The Piano Lesson) is an original limited edition lithograph printed in using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid f...

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1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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

Sculpted in relief, this wall roundel is one of three similar we have for sale, this one depicting an impression of Canova’s work titled ‘The Music Lesson’. Style alone as classical...

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20th Century English Neoclassical Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Music Lesson by John Robertson Reid, 1881, Signed, Oil on Canvas, Gold Frame
Music Lesson by John Robertson Reid, 1881, Signed, Oil on Canvas, Gold Frame

Music Lesson by John Robertson Reid, 1881, Signed, Oil on Canvas, Gold Frame

By John Robertson Reid

Located in Stockholm, SE

Tea is beautifully set on a table to be enjoyed after the lesson. Reid was a Scottish painter who spent his early working life in Surrey and later around the time when Music Lesson w...

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1880s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

These include (left to right): The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, Living from the Land and The Music Lesson. Cast in plaster, these neoclassical wall plaques have...

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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

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

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1890s English School Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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The Music Lesson For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate the music lesson for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Contemporary, Post-War and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a the music lesson from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a the music lesson to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, black, pink and more. Finding an appealing the music lesson — no matter the origin — is easy, but Albert Bauré, Thomas Hart Benton, Cornelis Le Mair, Jan Roede and (after) René Magritte each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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.