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Olfactus: AD.1.18-500

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Olfactus
Smell
Five Senses

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Cort, Cornelis (After)
Draughtsman: Floris, Frans I (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Olfactus (smell); female figure, whole length, standing in a landscape decorated with vases of flowers; holding a cornucopia, accompanied by a small dog

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Note

Cut from a larger sheet, which also included scenes representing the other Senses.

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-500
Primary reference Number: 195116
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 119 undescribed copy (Floris)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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