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)

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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)

This is a Print. It was created 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 engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

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Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
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Its dimensions are

Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.7 × 5.9 cm (1 7/8 × 2 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

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); Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637); After Heinrich Renbage (German, active ca. 1580 - 1590); Germany; blackwork engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.) 4.7 × 5.9 cm (1 7/8 × 2 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1945-6-1-b

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Accession Number 1945-6-1-b
Object ID 18575623