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

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depicts a seated women looks into a handmirror in a landscape.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Engraver
Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637
After
Heinrich Renbage, German, active ca. 1580 - 1590
Date
ca. 1580
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
Medium
Blackwork and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 4.7 × 6 cm (1 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
4.9 × 6.4 cm (1 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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