Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depicts a seat woman playing a lute in a landscape.

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Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), ca. 1580

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1580 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is blackwork, engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In a grotesque field, the medallion depicts a seated woman smelling roses in a landscape.

Print, Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-1-a

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depcits a seated women eats a fruit in a garden.

Print, Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-1-b

Print, Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

Print, Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork and engraving on laid paper.
1945-6-2-b

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Print, Jupiter, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

Print, Jupiter, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories...
engraving on off-white laid paper.
1945-6-3-1

Vertical oval in rectangle showing a grotesque designs on a black ground. At center, under a baldacchino, Juno stands surrounded by scrolls, fantastic creatures, vases, and fruits.

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et...
engraving on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-3-2

Consists of two images on one sheet: a grotesque panel with a medallion as centerpiece, carried by two figures, surmounted by female mask; the grotesque design composed predominantly of wreath and floral scroll motifs.

Print, Grotesque Panel, plate 6, 1647
etching with engraving support: white laid paper (l946-12-4-1 is on same sheet).
1946-12-4-2

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.9 × 6 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), ca. 1580; Germany; blackwork, engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.9 × 6 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1945-6-2-a

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DcTp/
Accession Number 1945-6-2-a
Object ID 18575625