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. It was engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder and after Heinrich Renbage. 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.

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

Print, Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
1945-6-1-a

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

Print, Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
1945-6-1-b

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)

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

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Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or...
etching on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
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engraving on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
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Band (Italy), early 20th century
linen.
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Cite this object as

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); Engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637); Germany; blackwork and engraving on laid paper; 1945-6-2-b

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DcTt/
Accession Number 1945-6-2-b
Object ID 18575629