Tuesday 25 June 2013

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure | Exhibitions and displays | What's on | National Gallery

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure | Exhibitions and displays | What's on | National Gallery: "Explore the musical pastimes of the 17th-century Netherlands through this exhibition combining the art of Vermeer and his contemporaries with rare musical instruments, songbooks and live music.

For the first time the National Gallery’s two paintings by Vermeer, A Young Woman standing at a Virginal and A Young Woman seated at a Virginal are brought together with Vermeer’s Guitar Player, which is currently on exceptional loan from the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House.

Three days a week visitors can experience live performances in the exhibition space by the Academy of Ancient Music, bringing the paintings to life with music of the period."