Sense of Taste
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
On a dais sits an elegant couple, dressed in the fashion of ca. 1625-'30. The lady holds a glass in her left hand and wears a bodice with a very wide pleated collar. The man smokes a pipe. In front of the couple lies a melon on the ground and by the fountain sits a monkey holding a fruit to its snout. In the background a garden with a statue of a woman holding a cornucopia. Below the image a four-line verse in two columns with Latin text. Numbered at the bottom right: 4. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Zeden en Gewoonten in Engeren Zin, De Kleeding, Kleederdrachten (tijdvakken), Het begin der 17de eeuw. (De Fransche mode).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
