Taste

c. 1595

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows two individuals from the waist up, seated closely together. One person is holding an apple and the other holds a glass. The person on the left is a man with distinct facial features and wavy hair, looking at the apple. The woman on the right has hair styled in a bun with curls and appears to be looking at the man. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and tracery, while he wears intricate patterned garments with a visible collar and buttons on the sleeve. Grapes are placed near the wine glass held by the man, surrounded by a lush background of leafy branches. In the background, there is a small, crouching figure near a tree. The scene is framed with ornate script text along the bottom edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4641

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 104

  • Series Title

    The Five Senses [Holl. 101-05]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: 4; in plate, below image: two lines of Latin verse; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: B 98

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q64958928

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