D'après Carle van LOO (1705-1765), suiveur du XVIIIème siècle Allegory of the Music. Oil on canvas. The top crosspiece is curved, probably intended to be placed above a door or a mirror in a trumeau. 84 x 70 cm,. Restorations with pieces on the reverse, repainted. Molded wooden frame (small shocks). Carle van LOO appointed first painter of the king in 1762 obtained the favors of Madame de Pompadour. She commissioned him to paint allegories of sculpture, painting, architecture and music for the door tops of the games room of her Bellevue castle. The original, created in 1753, is kept in the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco. The subject was a great success and was copied and engraved extensively.