Touch

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Touch

c. 1634-1643

Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652) After Andries Both (Dutch (active Utrecht and Rome), 1612–1641)

In a suite of etchings Jan Both illustrates the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In this print he portrays touch through his depiction of an itinerant dentist using his fingers to search for the cause of the patient's pain. Off to the side, the patient's wife wrings her hands in sympathy for her husband's ordeal.

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Object Details

Titles:

Touch
From the series of prints of The Five Senses

Date:

c. 1634-1643

Artists:

Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652) After Andries Both (Dutch (active Utrecht and Rome), 1612–1641)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (21.6 x 16.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-966

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