# The Music Lesson, in Realism

John George Brown painted this in 1870, aged 39. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1870
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 21.115.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John George Brown](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-george-brown), American, born England, 1831–1913

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