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One of Jacob Ochtervelt’s finest works, The Music Lesson was probably painted in Rotterdam, where the artist spent most of his career. The delicate light, which illuminates the girl and leaves the youth partly in shadow, is indebted to Johannes Vermeer, who worked in the nearby city of Delft. Characteristic of Ochtervelt, however, are the angled poses and the playful interchange between the figures. The girl holds a violin, an instrument more often played by men, and points authoritatively to the music score in an ironic reversal of the roles of the sexes.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 65 × 80 Cm |
| Tags | musicmapdoginteriormanwomaninstrumentsCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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Wilhelm von Bode, “Alte Kunstwerke in den Sammlungen der Vereinigten Staaten,” Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 6
Wilhelm von Bode, “Alte Kunstwerke in den Sammlungen der Vereinigten Staaten,” Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 6 (1895), p. 76.
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by descent to his nephew Prince Paul Demidoff (died 1885) and later to Paul Demidoff’s widow, Helena Troubetskoi, Pratolino, near Florence
by descent to his nephew Prince Paul Demidoff (died 1885) and later to Paul Demidoff’s widow, Helena Troubetskoi, Pratolino, near Florence
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Bode 1895 indicated that the painting came from Demidoff]
Bode 1895 indicated that the painting came from Demidoff]
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exhibition
Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks, Visiting Masterpiece: Jacob Ochtervelt, The Music Lesson, February 17-October 30, 2020.
Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks, Visiting Masterpiece: Jacob Ochtervelt, The Music Lesson, February 17-October 30, 2020.
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James Cuno and Yo-Yo Ma, “The Silk Road and Beyond: A Conversation with James Cuno and Yo-Yo Ma,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 33
James Cuno and Yo-Yo Ma, “The Silk Road and Beyond: A Conversation with James Cuno and Yo-Yo Ma,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 33 (2007), p. 27, fig. 7.
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exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel Trade and Transformation, September 30, 2006-April 22, 2007, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel Trade and Transformation, September 30, 2006-April 22, 2007, no cat.
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exhibition
Muskegon, Illinois, The Hackley Art Gallery, October 30–November 20, 1949, no. cat.
Muskegon, Illinois, The Hackley Art Gallery, October 30–November 20, 1949, no. cat.
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Montreal, Art Association, Loan Exhibition of Great Paintings: Five Centuries of Dutch Art, March 9–April 9, 1944, no. 84.
Montreal, Art Association, Loan Exhibition of Great Paintings: Five Centuries of Dutch Art, March 9–April 9, 1944, no. 84.
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New York, Duveen Galleries, Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, October 8–November 7, 1942, no. 37.
New York, Duveen Galleries, Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, October 8–November 7, 1942, no. 37.
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New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Holland Indoors and Outdoors, January 10–29, 1938, no. 22.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Holland Indoors and Outdoors, January 10–29, 1938, no. 22.
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Eduard Plietzsch, “Jacob Ochtervelt,” Pantheon 20
Eduard Plietzsch, “Jacob Ochtervelt,” Pantheon 20 (December, 1937), pp. 364, 371, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 102.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 102.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1933, no. 70.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1933, no. 70.
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bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1932), p. 182.
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H. Gerson, “Ochtervelt, Jacob,” in Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, 460
H. Gerson, “Ochtervelt, Jacob,” in Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, 460 (Leipzig, 1931), p. 556.
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W. Heil, “Holländische Ausstellung im Detroiter Museum,” Pantheon 5
W. Heil, “Holländische Ausstellung im Detroiter Museum,” Pantheon 5 (1930), pp. 35–36, ill.
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“Dutch Genre and Landscape Painting,” The American Magazine of Art 20
“Dutch Genre and Landscape Painting,” The American Magazine of Art 20 (1929), pp. 695, ill., 696.
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Frank E. Washburn Freund, “Die Ausstellung altholländischer Malerei in Detroit,” Der Cicerone 21
Frank E. Washburn Freund, “Die Ausstellung altholländischer Malerei in Detroit,” Der Cicerone 21 (1929), pp. 705, ill., 707.
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Detroit Institute of Arts, The Ninth Loan Exhibition: Dutch Genre and Landscape Painting of the Seventeenth Century, October 16–November 10, 1929, no. 46.
Detroit Institute of Arts, The Ninth Loan Exhibition: Dutch Genre and Landscape Painting of the Seventeenth Century, October 16–November 10, 1929, no. 46.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1925), p. 160.
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Wilhelm R. Valentiner, “Jacob Ochtervelt,” Art in America and Elsewhere vol. 2
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, “Jacob Ochtervelt,” Art in America and Elsewhere vol. 2 (New York, 1924), pp. 269–70, 274, 277, fig. 5.
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exhibition
Toledo Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, January 17–February 12, 1912, cat. 197.
Toledo Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, January 17–February 12, 1912, cat. 197.
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intermittently on loan to the Art Institute from 1911 [according to registrar’s records]
intermittently on loan to the Art Institute from 1911 [according to registrar’s records]
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Annette Stott, Holland Mania: The Unknown Dutch Period in American Art and Culture
Annette Stott, Holland Mania: The Unknown Dutch Period in American Art and Culture (Woodstock, New York, 1998), pp. 22, 23, fig, 3.
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by descent to his heirs until the division of his property in 1818, when it was assigned to the portion of his daughter Lucretia Johanna van Winter [according to Priem 1997]....
by descent to his heirs until the division of his property in 1818, when it was assigned to the portion of his daughter Lucretia Johanna van Winter [according to Priem 1997]. Presumably Prince Anatole Demidoff, Villa San Donato, near Florence (died 1870)
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Ruud Priem, “The ‘most excellent collection’ of Lucretia Johanna van Winter: the years 1809–22,” Simiolus 25
Ruud Priem, “The ‘most excellent collection’ of Lucretia Johanna van Winter: the years 1809–22,” Simiolus 25 (1997), Appendix I, p. 221, Appendix III, p. 224.
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Pieter van Winter, Amsterdam (died 1807) [according to Priem 1997 on the basis of a drawing from the Praetorius Album by Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius in the Six Collection, Amsterdam showing the contents of the van Winter Collection]
Pieter van Winter, Amsterdam (died 1807) [according to Priem 1997 on the basis of a drawing from the Praetorius Album by Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius in the Six Collection, Amsterdam showing the contents of the van Winter Collection]
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Susan Donahue Kuretsky, “Ochtervelt, Jacob,” in The Dictionary of Art, vol. 23
Susan Donahue Kuretsky, “Ochtervelt, Jacob,” in The Dictionary of Art, vol. 23 (New York, 1996), p. 345.
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Friends of Crailo State Historic Site, Clothing the Colonists: Fashions in New Netherlands
Friends of Crailo State Historic Site, Clothing the Colonists: Fashions in New Netherlands (Rensselaer, New York, 1995), p. 31, fig. 20.
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Wayne E. Frantis, Paragons of Virtue: Women and Domesticity in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art
Wayne E. Frantis, Paragons of Virtue: Women and Domesticity in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art (Cambridge and New York, 1993), pp. 53–54, 57, fig. 39.
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Svetlana Alpers, “The Mapping Impulse in Dutch Art,” in Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays, David Woodward, ed.
Svetlana Alpers, “The Mapping Impulse in Dutch Art,” in Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays, David Woodward, ed. (Chicago, 1987), p. 56, fig. 2.7.
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Peter C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America
Peter C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America (Grand Rapids, 1986), pp. 52–53, fig. 712.
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Peter Hecht, exh. review “London, Royal Academy, Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting,” Burlington Magazine 126
Peter Hecht, exh. review “London, Royal Academy, Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting,” Burlington Magazine 126 (1984), pp. 648, 649, ill.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, March 18–May 13, 1984, no. 88; traveled to Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, June 8–August 12, 1984, London, Royal Academy of Arts, September 7–November 18, 1984.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, March 18–May 13, 1984, no. 88; traveled to Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, June 8–August 12, 1984, London, Royal Academy of Arts, September 7–November 18, 1984.
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Susan Donahue Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt, 1634–1682, with Catalogue Raisonné
Susan Donahue Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt, 1634–1682, with Catalogue Raisonné (Oxford, 1979), pp. 23, 28, 33 n. 41, 52, 69, 73, 76, 77, 80, 85, 92, cat. 63, fig. 75.
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E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs 7
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs 7 (Paris, 1976), p. 778.
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James A. Welu, “Vermeer: His Cartographic Sources,” Art Bulletin 57
James A. Welu, “Vermeer: His Cartographic Sources,” Art Bulletin 57 (1975), p. 539 n. 49.
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Susan S. Donahue, “Two Paintings by Ochtervelt in The Wadsworth Atheneum,” Bulletin of the Wadsworth Atheneum 5
Susan S. Donahue, “Two Paintings by Ochtervelt in The Wadsworth Atheneum,” Bulletin of the Wadsworth Atheneum 5 (1968), p. 51.
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San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Age of Rembrandt: An Exhibition of Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, October 10–November 13, 1966, no. 86; traveled to The Toledo Museum of Art, November 26...
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Age of Rembrandt: An Exhibition of Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, October 10–November 13, 1966, no. 86; traveled to The Toledo Museum of Art, November 26, 1966–January 8, 1967, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, January 21–March 5, 1967.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), pp. 196, 345, ill.
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Eduard Plietzsch, Holländische und flämische Maler des XVII. Jahrh.
Eduard Plietzsch, Holländische und flämische Maler des XVII. Jahrh. (Leipzig, 1960), p. 67.
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purchased by Martin A....
purchased by Martin A. Ryerson (died 1932), Chicago, through Durand-Ruel, Paris in 1890 [purchase through Durand-Ruel established by Day Book in Registrar’s Office, Art Institute (entry for October 31, 1890)
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