# Allegory of the Arts

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TOORENVLIET, Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/toorenvliet-jacob-r4cd32e64542831>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 39 x 29 cm

## Commentary

This panel depicts a female figure, the personification of Painting, being crowned with laurel leaves, a traditional symbol of the arts, by the male personification of Poetry. Toorenvliet&#39;s work is rooted in the traditions of the Leiden school of painting. The so-called fijnschilders \(fine-painters\), specialised in scenes full of minute detail, executed in a highly polished style. Toorenvliet&#39;s teacher, Dou, was the biggest influence on the style, and artists such as Toorenvliet and Frans van Mieris the Elder, were among its most successful practitioners.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)