Research Catalog

The five senses, after Dirk Hals

Title
The five senses, after Dirk Hals [graphic] / D. Hals, inventor; C. Kittensteyn, fecit.
Author
Kittensteyn, Cornelis van
Publication
[Netherlands] : C.I. Visscher, [1650?]

Details

Additional Authors
Hals, Dirck, 1591-1656
Subject
  • Aristocracy (Social class)
  • Courtship
  • Dogs
  • Flowers
  • Gardens
  • Hearing
  • Monkeys
  • Music > Performance
  • Household employees
  • Senses and sensation
  • Sex
  • Smell
  • Taste
  • Touch
  • Vision
Genre/Form
  • Allegories.
  • Etchings.
  • Prints – Dutch – 17th century.
  • Genre prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Prints numbered, each with legend in Latin naming sense depicted, and on print 1: D. Hals, Inventor, C. Kittensteyn, fecit in margin, and C. I. Visscher, execudebat, in image.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Detailed finding aid available.
Call Number
Arents Prints 96-22
OCLC
NYPG95-F319
Author
Kittensteyn, Cornelis van, etcher.
Title
The five senses, after Dirk Hals [graphic] / D. Hals, inventor; C. Kittensteyn, fecit.
Imprint
[Netherlands] : C.I. Visscher, [1650?]
Description
5 prints ; etching ; 20 x 24 cm.
Summary
Aristocratic man peering through telescope as woman and another man look on; couple listening to man playing violin; man presenting woman with flower, dog sitting at their feet; man smoking, woman drinking, and monkey eating a melon; man and woman sitting together in front of hearth, man touching woman's breast, as servant turns down bed. Some images show individuals in gardens.
Indexes
Detailed finding aid available.
Connect to:
Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection
Added Author
Hals, Dirck, 1591-1656. Artist
Research Call Number
Arents Prints 96-22
View in Legacy Catalog