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In this Allegory the sense of Sight is personified by a gentleman with a spyglass and a lady with a mirror standing by a statue of an aiming archer; Hearing by a music-making couple and a deer; Touch by a fumbling couple with a bird on the back of a chair; Smell by a lady, with a dog on her arm, being offered a rose by a gentleman; and Taste by a wine drinking youth with a monkey on the ground.
The painting has been attributed in the past to the Dutch poet and playwrighter Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, as it apparently was monogrammed 'GB' (lower centre).
The composition is also known from a drawing by David Vinckboons in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.
The painting has been attributed in the past to the Dutch poet and playwrighter Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, as it apparently was monogrammed 'GB' (lower centre).
The composition is also known from a drawing by David Vinckboons in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.