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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. It is dated ca. 1580 and 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.
With their bold, graphic frames, these prints were inspired by Heinrich Renbage—a Cologne engraver famous for his blackwork designs. De Passe created these designs after, fleeing religious persecution in his native Antwerp. Stylized birds and swirling garlands offset more naturalistic scenes depicting the senses, demonstrating his range of techniques.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 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
- 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 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:
- Print, Plate 27, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-15
- Print, Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
- etching on laid paper..
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-12
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-1
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.9 × 6.4 cm (1 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
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); After Heinrich Renbage (German, active ca. 1580 - 1590); Germany; blackwork and engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.9 × 6.4 cm (1 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1945-6-2-b
