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Quinque Sensuum Figurae

Engraving
1590-1612 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Crispijn De Passe (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Cologne (Published)

Engraving

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleQuinque Sensuum Figurae (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Crispin van de Passe the elder, lady with a parrot on her hand beside a man putting a finger in his mouth. One of four plates from a suite of six showing representing the five senses entitled 'Quinque Sensuum Figurae'. Dutch, 1590-1615.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 9.6cm
  • Cut to width: 9.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in a border encircling the centre of the plate: 'Wie nun ... gebissen ... post tactum factum'
Bibliographic references
  • Franken, D. L'Oeuvre gravé des van de Passe (Paris: F. Muller et Cie, 1881), nos.1098.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1964): vol. XV, no.500.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
24919:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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