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The Sense of Taste
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The Sense of Taste

Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1581 - 1656 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Woman as personification of the sense of taste, sitting in a landscape with vases full of fruit and vegetables, eating from an apple while a monkey and rabbit also eat. In the background the Fall of Adam and Eve is depicted. In the margin below two lines of Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZintuig Smaak. 1581 - 1656. Nicolaes de Bruyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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