The Music Lesson [SEP] collection
it is currently on display in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London.
Provenance.
The picture was sold in May 1696 in Delft, part of the collection of Jacob Dissous, which included many Vermeers. It was later acquired by Venetian artist Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini in 1718, with Pellegrini's collection later being bought by Joseph Smith.
"The Music Lesson" has been part of the Royal Collection of Great Britain since 1762, when King George III bought Smith's collection of paintings. When the painting was
Oct 1986, Vol. 12, p 93.
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- Slenczynska, Ruth. "Private Lesson: Gaining Left-Hand Awareness." "Keyboard", Sep 1986, Vol. 12, p 109.
- Slenczynska, Ruth. "Private Lesson: Polyrhythmical Skill, Two Against Three." "Keyboard", May 1986