Music
by BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans, Oil on pine panel, 83 x 36 cm
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.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):
Orlande de Lassus: Serenade