# The Drawing Lesson

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## Artwork

- Artist: [OCHTERVELT, Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 73 x 59 cm

## Commentary

In this scene the painter depicts a young woman from a prosperous home taking drawing lesson. She shows her latest effort to a painter behind his easel.

## Related artworks

- [A Child and Nurse in the Foyer of a Townhouse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/a-child-and-nurse-in-the-foyer-of-a-townhouse-r2dc80c4da2297e>)
- [A Family Group](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/a-family-group-rb4f948c0cddc9c>)
- [Buying Grapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/buying-grapes-r22decd4a74e92b>)
- [Itinerant Musicians](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/itinerant-musicians-r7d1ed81329ded0>)
- [Musical Company in an Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/musical-company-in-an-interior-rda77b836d48080>)
- [Portrait of a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/portrait-of-a-gentleman-r0780c2b1604a55>)
- [Rehearsing the Song](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/rehearsing-the-song-rf145a6bc86bc28>)
- [Street Musicians at the Doorway of a House](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/street-musicians-at-the-doorway-of-a-house-rb34ddeb5d73fbe>)
- [The Love Letter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ochtervelt-jacob-r2c48e8eaf21abd/the-love-letter-r6d3d883e0c61e1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)