BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans (b. 1484/85, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, d. 1545, Strasbourg) |
Music1529Oil on pine panel, 83 x 36 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich | ||
There is a companion-piece of this allegorical nude, the Prudence, also in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Music, with the white cat, symbolizes the phlegmatic temperament, while Prudence, with a mirror and stag symbolizes melancholy.
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