Allegory of the five senses

Rombouts, Theodoor (1597-1637)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
17th century
Height:
207.0 cm  (81 1/2 in.)
Width:
288.0 cm  (113 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Gent)
    [Museum inv. no.: S-76]

Description

One man is playing theorbo, while another man is drinking wine, a third is holding either garlic or onions, a fourth is holding a mirror, and a fifth is holding a sculpture fragment.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorbo [3473]
Lute [3394]
Violin [3573]
Recorder [4039] (Five (5) bundled together)
Shawm [4258]
Dulcian [3806]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) vol. 2, 107, cat. 468, pl. XXIII.

RIdIM record id

1357