Ladies playing on the harp and organ (dated early 14th century). The costume of these ladies is light and graceful. This picture represents two ladies of Siena, in the costume of the beginning of the fourteenth century. They are both playing upon musical instruments. Music and dancing were the constant and favourite amusements of the Italians at that period. The lady playing on the harp is taken from a picture representing the Triumph of Petrarch, preserved in the Academy of Fine Arts at Siena. It is the work of A Vanni, a painter of that city who flourished at the period just mentioned. The young lady with the portable organ is also taken from a painting at Siena by Domenico Bartoli, who lived at the beginning of the fourteenth century at that place, and who was one of the first distinguished members of a family in which artisitical talent descended through several generations. This girl, whose dress is remarkably graceful, is one of those damsels who attended festivals and parties of pleasure to amuse the guests by their performances. She has on her head a characteristic crown or garland of flowers. The instrument on which she is playing with one hand, whilst she moves the bellows with the other, was very common in Italy at this period.