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)

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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)

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

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

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blackwork, engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-2-a

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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); Germany; blackwork and engraving on laid paper; 1945-6-2-b

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Accession Number 1945-6-2-b
Object ID 18575629