The Sense of Hearing, ca. 1760

mezzotints (prints), paper
422 x 294 mm
Inv. 2012-L

Klein-Eislingen 1704 - Augsburg 1767
engravers (printmakers)

Augsburg 1697 - Augsburg 1760
after

print room symbolism (artistic concept) figures (representations) the (five) senses hearing, listening (one of the five senses) 18th century

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The print is part of a series of allegorical representations of the five senses, each featuring a couple in rococo dress with telescope and lorgnon (sight), sounds (hearing), coffee cups (taste), bird (feeling) and flower basket (smell).

Artist	Johann Jacob Haid RKD Klein-Eislingen 1704 - Augsburg 1767 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Gabriel Spitzel RKD Augsburg 1697 - Augsburg 1760 after
Title	The Sense of Hearing
Date	ca. 1760
Period	18th century
Medium and support	mezzotints (prints) AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription outside the depiction, left: L’Ouïe / Quel agréable calme, quel plaisir innocent, / Que rendent l’harmonie d’un noble instrument, / Vraiement c’est la Musique que charme les oreilles, / Qui enchante nos sens, et qui dissipe le dueil.
	inscription outside the depiction, right: Das Gehör : So verfliesen unsre Täge, so verschwindet unsre Zeit, / Nichts was man könt üppig nene, nichts was mã am End bereüt, / Sondern was den Geist beleben, und die Sin ermuntern kan, / Das ist unsre Hertzens Lust, unsre Won und Lebens Bahn
	inscription outside the depiction, left: Gabr. Spizel inv. et pinx.
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: I. Iac. Haid excud. Aug. Vind.
Collection	print room
Object type	mezzotints (prints) AAT reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number	2012-L
Acquisition credit	unknown onbekend
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2012-L
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6423/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	31A3 the (five) senses Iconclass 31A32 hearing, listening (one of the five senses) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31B62 morphology of facial expression Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass
School / Style	Rococo AAT

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