The violin lesson
(c. 1889)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
23.9 × 17.5 cm irreg. (image) 23.9 × 22.5 cm irreg. (panel)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the K. M. Christensen Bequest and A. E. Bond Bequest and The Warren Clark Bequest, 2012
Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2012.116
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Musical
Subjects (specific)
children (people by age group) musicians violin bows violins
Movements
Australian Impressionism
Frame
The frame on The violin lesson came with the painting when it was acquired in 2012. It is one of a small group of original ‘9x5’ frames in the collection. These are frames that are believed to have been made by the artists, more or less in situ, for an exhibition in 1889 (The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition) of small scale paintings often painted on wooden cigar box lids that were about 5inches by 9inches in format.
The frames are cut from a single piece of Sequoia sempervirens – Californian redwood – with the bevelled sight edge shaped by hand with a chisel.
This frame has been stained dark and the image off-set. A number of the frames from the 1889 exhibition have surface decoration in the form of painting. Some are given an overall bronze/gold paint finish. Some are stained black. Some off-set the image/window from centre as here. It is likely the offset in this frame is the same as for The lovers walk, rotated 180degrees.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Date
1889
Materials
Californian redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
Frame Condition
good original condition
Dimensions
H 20" x W 13.5" x D1"