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Allegory of Music by Laurent de La Hyre — Laurent de La Hyre. Allegory of Music, 1649. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Allegory of Music

by Laurent de La Hyre

Quick Overview

Artist: Laurent de La Hyre (French, Paris 1606–1656 Paris)
Date: 1649
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 5/8 x 56 3/4 in. (105.7 x 144.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Charles B. Curtis Fund, 1950
Accession no.: 50.189

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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