Title: Allegory of Music
Object type: Panel
Date: ca. 1570–90
Medium: Leather, blind stamped, embossed, molded and incised; on later wooden mount
Dimensions: Framed: 56 1/2 × 26 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (143.5 × 67.9 × 3.8 cm);
Overall (leather inset): 49 1/4 × 19 1/8 in. (125.1 × 48.6 cm)
Classification: Natural Substances-Leatherwork
Credit line: Purchase, Funds from various donors, Rogers Fund, and Joseph Cohen Gift, 2006
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Women, term: Mythical Creatures, term: Allegory