# Allegory of the Arts [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WIT, Jacob de]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 48 x 59 cm ## Commentary This painting is a study for a ceiling decoration representing the Art of Painting and other Arts protected by various deities. No large-scale work of this design is known. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of Government: Wisdom Defeating Discord]() - [Allegory of the Four Seasons - Autumn]() - [Allegory of the Four Seasons - Spring]() - [Allegory of the Four Seasons - Summer]() - [Allegory of the Four Seasons - Winter]() - [Allegory of Transience]() - [Baptism of Christ in the Jordan]() - [Flora and Zephyr]() - [Holy Family and Trinity]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()