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Woman playing a musical instrument
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A woman in a blue jacket is studying a sheet of paper with musical notes. Her lips are slightly parted. Could she be singing the melody? Light falls through a window at the left, right onto the paper. You often see this effect in paintings by the 17th-century artist Johannes Vermeer. He also frequently included the chairs, pearls and the jacket in his works. But did he also paint this Woman Reading Sheet Music?
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMuzieklezende vrouw. 1935 - 1940. Han van Meegeren. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
