Allegory of music

Boucher, François (1703-1770)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1764
Height:
103.5 cm  (40 3/4 in.)
Width:
130.0 cm  (51 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Samuel H. Kress[Museum inv. no.: 1946.7.2]

Description

Allegory of Music seated, surrounded by two putti, one playing lyre, one holding an end blown flute. On the right side an open music book. In front of the Allegory of Music an end-blown trumpet lying on ground.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
End-blown flute [3940]
End-blown trumpet [6556]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Image URLs

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National Gallery of Art image and description

RIdIM record id

21