| The Dictation Lesson | |
| Artist: | Demetrio Cosola |
| Medium: | Pastel on panel |
| Height Metric: | 185 |
| Width Metric: | 95 |
| Museum: | Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art |
| City: | Turin |
The Dictation Lesson (in italian: Il dettato) is a painting of italian verismo painter Demetrio Cosola. The painting is housed in Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art.[1] [2] It is a symbolic representation of the establishment of public education in the Kingdom of Italy immediately after unification, and the opening of schools to women, both as pupils and teachers.[3]
Cosola painted other two smaller versions of The Dictation Lesson (both oil on canvas): one dated 1890 without the teacher, ad a second one with a nun instead, titled The Kindergarten.[3]