Viotti walks out!

Viotti walks out of a lesson with a feckless nobleman… Lithograph published by Chez Martinet (ca. 1814)

About to announce a new leg in my long-running exploration of the violins in the years following the French Revolution. In the meantime, here’s my favourite image of a violin lesson, and of the greatest of all teachers. Click on the link to explore this complex picture in absurd detail