VLIET, Willem van der
(b. ca. 1584, Delft, d. 1642, Delft)

An Allegory

1627
Oil on canvas, 112 x 149 cm
Private collection

The subject of this painting, sophisticated in style as well as in iconography, is not certainly known, although there are several interpretations. According to one interpretation the seated man is the Steadfast Philosopher, the woman is Earthly Love, and the masked man with the money bag and box of scales and weights represents Riches.