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Allegory of Taste (Portrait of the Painter Jan Davidsz. de Heem, after a self-portrait)

After Adriaen Brouwer Flemish
1630 –50
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegory of Taste (Portrait of the Painter Jan Davidsz. de Heem, after a self-portrait)
  • Artist: Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish, Zaltbommel 1595–1675 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, Utrecht 1606–1683/84 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, Oudenaarde 1605/6–1638 Antwerp) (earlier attribution)
  • Date: 1630 –50
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of two (with the inscription partly abraded)
  • Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 11/16 in. (26.7 x 19.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.1331
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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