Who created "Taste from The Five Senses"?

Taste from The Five Senses was created by Cornelis Cort|Frans Floris I|Hieronymus Cock in 1561.

What medium is "Taste from The Five Senses"?

Taste from The Five Senses is Engraving.

Is "Taste from The Five Senses" in the public domain?

Yes, Taste from The Five Senses is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Taste from The Five Senses

Cornelis Cort|Frans Floris I|Hieronymus Cock

1561

Medium

Engraving

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928

Accession Number

28.4(57)

Tags

FruitWomenMonkeysTrees

Art Historical Context

Step into the lively world of 16th-century Netherlandish art with *Taste from The Fiveenses*, an exquisite engraving created in 1561. This collaborative masterpiece features a design by Mannerist painter Frans Floris, engraving by the skilled Cornelis Cort, and by the innovative printmaker Hieronymus. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it the Renaissance fascination with personifying human senses through allegory. The scene bursts with sensory delight: a graceful woman savors ripe fruit amid lush trees, accompanied by playful monkeys that evoke temptati...

About the Artist

Cornelis Cort|Frans Floris I|Hieronymus Cock · 1533–1578

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