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Housed in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace in London, A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (famously known as The Music Lesson) is one of Johannes Vermeer’s most architecturally structured and optical masterpieces. Painted in Delft between 1662 and 1665, the composition draws the viewer across a receding floor grid of black and white marble tiles toward a sunlit rear wall. A woman in a silk gown plays a decorative virginal inscribed with the Latin motto “MVSICA LETITIAE COEMS MEDICINA DOLORVM” (“Music is the companion of joy and the medicine for sorrow”). Beside her stands an attentively dressed gentleman. In a stroke of genius, Vermeer places a tilted mirror above the instrument, reflecting the lady’s face, the legs of his easel, and a white wine pitcher resting on the tablecloth, creating a multi-layered study in perspective and light.
Studio Craftsmanship & Quality Highlights
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100% Hand-Painted: Crafted entirely by hand by veteran master artists at Dafen Village Studio using traditional oil layering, crisp linear perspective techniques, and fine glazing.
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Texture & Fidelity: Expert rendering of the marble tile floor, Latin-inscribed virginal, elaborate tablecloth carpet, bass viol on the floor, and mirror reflections faithfully reproduces Vermeer’s original masterpiece in the Royal Collection.
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Archival Materials: Painted with professional-grade oil pigments on heavy-duty, acid-free linen canvas to ensure lifelong color preservation and structural stability.
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Museum Quality: Strict quality control ensuring accurate vanishing points, authentic Dutch Baroque lighting, and historic composition balance.
Recommended Space Placement
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Residential: Ideal statement focal piece for grand music parlors, piano rooms, executive home offices, master libraries, or formal living rooms.
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Commercial: Brings extraordinary spatial prestige, musical heritage, and historical intrigue to conservatory lounges, luxury hotel suites, private clubs, and fine art galleries.
5. Product Specifications
Feature Details Title A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (The Music Lesson / De muziekles) Artist Johannes Vermeer Original Date c. 1662–1665 Art Style Baroque / Dutch Golden Age Genre Genre Painting / Musical Interior Scene Production Method 100% Hand-Painted Reproduction Medium Artist-grade Oil on Archival Linen Canvas Dimensions $74.1 \times 64.6\text{ cm}$ ($29.2 \times 25.4\text{ in.}$) (Custom sizes available) Location of Original The Royal Collection / Buckingham Palace, London, UK Shipping Format Rolled in heavy-duty tube (Stretching & Framing available upon request) 
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