The Music Lesson (1879). Otto Erdmann (German, 1834-1905). Oil on canvas. Shipley Art Gallery.The yo
The Music Lesson (1879). Otto Erdmann (German, 1834-1905). Oil on canvas. Shipley Art Gallery.The young singing master rises towards his beautiful, and elegantly dressed pupil. On closer inspection, he has grasped her little finger in his hand - the singing book is held closed, the piano ignored. No music lesson is taking place here, the lesson is instead one of courtship. It is typical of Erdmann - wealthy bourgeois interiors acting as backdrops to scenes full of subtle innuendo. -- source link
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