The Five Senses: Touch (Tactus)
Etching, part of a series of five oval prints with depictions of the five senses, represented by standing women with attributes, surrounded by landscapes. In the print, Touch (tactus) is represented by a woman in three quarter view, walking toward the left, her right arm extended to her front, and the left arm holding her dress. In front of her, on the left of the print, is a loom, upon which stands a snail, two attributes of touch. In his print of the same subject, closely related to this one, Georg Pencz also includes a loom, but has changed the snail for a spider.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Five Senses: Touch (Tactus)
- Artist: Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
- Artist: Closely related to Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
- Date: 1573–80
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 1 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (4.9 × 3.3 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
- Object Number: 55.581.6
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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