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The Five Senses
Abraham de Blois (Dutch, 1679 – 1720)
After: Andries Both (Dutch, 1612 or 1613 – 1642)
Published by: Nicolaus Joannis Visscher (1618–1709)
After: Andries Both (Dutch, 1612 or 1613 – 1642)
Published by: Nicolaus Joannis Visscher (1618–1709)
Dutch
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.2 x 12 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB539.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc I, p.389, 29-33; Wurzbach 2
Signed
signed
Marks
Verso, in black ink, the collector's mark of William Perkins Babcock (Lugt 207)
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: A. de Blois sculp.
Lower center, in plate: Visus. la Veuë. 't Gesigt.
Lower center, in plate: Ex Formis Nicolai Visscher / Cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Foederati.
Verso, in black ink: 1/5 ... 539
Lower center, in plate: Visus. la Veuë. 't Gesigt.
Lower center, in plate: Ex Formis Nicolai Visscher / Cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Foederati.
Verso, in black ink: 1/5 ... 539
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 – d. 1899; Lugt 208), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 5, 1900)