Auditus (hearing) (from "The Five Senses" series, 5 plates)

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Auditus (hearing) (from "The Five Senses" series, 5 plates)

Artist Georg Pencz (German, ca. 1500-1550)

Date1540

Dimensions3 1/16 x 2 in.

Mediumengraving

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1923.74A

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Label TextIn these five prints Pencz represents the five senses as seated nude women, accompanied by an animal traditionally associated with the relevant sense. From left to right, top to bottom, the prints show: Auditus (Hearing), gesturing to musical instruments, while a boar looks on Visus (Sight), looking out of a window at the sun, moon, and stars with a lynx at her side Tactus (Touch), weaving at a loom accompanied by a spider in its web Olfatus (Smell), shown holding flowers with fragrance bottles on the floor and a vulture beside her Gustus (Taste), eating with a fork while a monkey eats with his handsExhibition HistoryTMA, "Monkey Business," July 2 - August 30, 2009. TMA Music and Prints: Oct. 6 - Nov. 18, 1979. TMA, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.