# Allegory of Music, in François Boucher

François Boucher painted this in 1764, aged 61. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Seated on clouds, a woman personifying Music points to a lyre propped on her knee, which a putto reaches out to strum, while another hovers above with a flute and a laurel wreath. Around her lie a horn wrapped in laurel, a plumed helmet and a sword, and two white doves support an open book of music.

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## The work

- Date: 1764
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 103.5 x 130 cm (40 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 130.8 x 157.5 cm (51 1/2 x 62 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946.7.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[François Boucher](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francois-boucher), French, 1703–1770

Boucher trained with François Lemoyne, won the Prix de Rome and spent several years in Italy before rising to become First Painter to Louis XV. Madame de Pompadour was his most important patron.

6 works in the collection.

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