Venus plays the Harp (also known as an Allegory of Music) is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Lanfranco.

It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini, Rome.

The semi-disrobed female playing the instrument in the painting is identified with Venus by virtue of the amoretti in the background.

The engraved bees on the wooden triple harp identify it as belonging to the Barberini family.

This instrument is on display in the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome.