# An Allegory on Harmony [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TOORENVLIET, Jacob]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm ## Commentary This painting depicts three elegantly dressed persons, two young ladies and a man, who are making music. One of the ladies is playing a cittern, that rests on her right knee. In the lap of the other rests a rectangular shaped book with sheet music. In his right hand, the man holds a flute. They are seated outdoors near a sculpted fountain which shows remarkable similarities to the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bernini/gianlore/1630/triton.html'\)" href="/html/b/bernini/gianlore/1630/triton.html">Fontana del Tritone,</a> a fountain executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and located in the Piazza Barberini in Rome. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/stradella\_sinfonia.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [A Fish Seller]() - [A Man Courting a Woman Selling Game]() - [A Vegetable Seller]() - [Allegory of the Arts]() - [An Elegant Company Drinking Tea]() - [Banquet in the Open Air]() - [Fish Market]() - [Flirting Couples]() - [Market Scene]() - [Music Lesson]() - [Two Oriental Merchants Conversing]() - [Young Lady and a Fishseller]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()