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

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

Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork, engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-2-a

Our curators have highlighted 15 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

At top, the title "Ornament o Grottesche / di Stef. Della Bella." These words appear in the top of three circles formed by long leaves that sprout from the bodies of creatures at the bottom of the etching. Two eagles with spread wings perch in the other two circles.

Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or...
etching on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-151-1

Vertical oval in rectangle showing a grotesque designs on a black ground. At center, under a baldacchino, is standing the divinity Athena surrounded by scrolls, fantastic creatures, vases, and fruits.

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

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

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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