Edmund Blair Leighton (British, 1853-1922)

The Piano Lesson

Details

Edmund Blair Leighton (British, 1853-1922)
The Piano Lesson
signed with initials and dated 'EBL 96' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (32.1 x 44.2 cm.)
Painted in 1896

Provenance

S. Steward, London.

Lot Essay

This painting is typical of Blair Leighton's work in the eighteenth-century style, a prominent part of mid-to-late Victorian taste. More is written of this fashion in the catalogue note for lot 63 in this sale.

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