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Object Type
Museum number: 2003,0731.6
Title: Object: Tactus; Series: The Five Senses
Description: Plate 4: Touch, a couple in a bedroom, with the man fondling an exposed breast, while a Cupid is being bitten by a parrot. c.1620 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Willem van de Passe; After: Crispijn de Passe the Elder
School/style
Production date: 1615-1625
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 226 millimetres; Width: 167 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: In the second state, the word 'Tactus' was added and the signature of Willem de Passe.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (31.I); Franken 1881 / L'oeuvre gravé des van de Passe (1122)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: five senses; eroticism/sex
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Galerie Terrades; In Memory of: Richard Godfrey
Acquisition date: 2003
Acquisition notes: Purchased from a fund created by the friends of Richard Godfrey to acquire works in his memory for the Department
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2003,0731.6
Conservation

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