Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure

Past

Dates: 26 Jun 2013 – 8 Sept 2013
Museum: The National Gallery

Five Vermeers — the National Gallery's two virginals, Kenwood's Guitar Player, the Royal Collection's Music Lesson, and the privately owned Young Woman Seated at a Virginal — shown alongside Dutch instruments and music. Curated by Marjorie E. Wieseman, with live performances in the gallery by the Academy of Ancient Music. Filmed as the documentary Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer and Music by Phil Grabsky.

Paintings5

A Lady Seated at a Virginal

1670–1675

A Lady Standing at a Virginal

1670–1674

The Guitar Player

1670–1673

The Music Lesson

1662–1665

Johannes Vermeer

A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals

1670

Disputed

Sources

Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer and Music, dir. Phil Grabsky (2013)
Essential Vermeer, Complete Vermeer Exhibition History (1838–2025), essentialvermeer.com