Allegories of the Five Senses is a series of early-17th-century paintings by the Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera. One of the series (Hearing) has been lost and is known only through copies.

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According to the art historian Giulio Mancini, a contemporary of the artist, their commissioner was Spanish but they were probably produced during Ribera's stay in Rome. Alfonso Pérez Sánchez dates their production to between 1611 and 1615. ^[1]

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  Smell
  (115 cm x 88 cm), private collection
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  Sight
  (114 x 89 cm) Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico.
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  Taste
  (113.8 cm x 88.3 cm), Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
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  Touch
  (116 cm x 88.3 cm), Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.

References

Bibliography

• Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E.; Spinosa, Nicola (1992). Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art Distributed by Harry N. Abrams. ISBN   0-87099-647-9. OCLC   26095483.

External links

• Sight , Franz Mayer Museum.

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