Caption

Auditus, Das Gehör, Hearing, Personifications of the five senses, print, Germany (possibly), publisher: Albrecht Schmidt, Augsburg, 1677 - 1744, printmaker, Bavaria, paper, etching, engraving, stippelwerk, height 144 mm x width 108 mm, Probably part of a series with personifications of the five senses., listening (one of the five senses), An engraved oval scene framed by parallel lines shows a seated woman in flowing drapery holding a lute across her lap, her hair curled and adorned with foliage, a large tree trunk and leafy branches behind her, and dense shrubbery surrounding her; to her side a winged child sits on the ground holding a sheet, and two faces peer from behind the foliage at the upper right, all rendered in fine etched lines and crosshatching.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B33_124

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Rights managed

Available size

42.3Mb (7.4Mb) / 11.0in x 14.9in / 3297 x 4481 (300dpi)

Keywords

Auditus Das Gehör Hearing Personifications five senses print Germany publisher Albrecht Schmidt Augsburg 1677 - 1744 printmaker Bavaria paper etching engraving stippelwerk height 144 mm x width 108 mm part series personifications listening engraved oval scene framed parallel lines seated woman flowing drapery holding lute across lap hair curled adorned foliage large tree trunk leafy branches dense shrubbery surrounding side winged child sits ground holding sheet two faces peer upper right rendered fine etched lines crosshatching