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Taste, from The Five Senses

Raphael Sadeler, I

1581

Taste, from The Five Senses by Raphael Sadeler, I

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

Plate: 10.3 × 13.3 cm (4 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.); sheet: 11.4 × 14.8 cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

Classification

engraving

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

267755

Art Historical Context

**Taste, from The Senses** *Raphael Sadeler I, 1581* Engraving on paper; *Art Institute of Chicago* into the intricate world of 16th Flemish engraving with Raphael Sadeler I's *Taste, from The Fiveenses*, a delicate print created in 1581. Sadeler, a master engraver from Antwerp and part of a renowned family printmakers, crafted this work as part of a series personifying the human senses—a popular allegorical theme in Renaissance art These small-scale engravings (plate: 10.3 × 13.3 cm) were designed to evoke sensory delight, with *Taste* likely depicting figures indulging in fruits or del...

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