Three figures sit around an owl on a bird pole. Other birds circle around it. A woman, holding a dove in her hand, points mockingly at the owl.
| Artist |
Frederick Bloemaert
RKD
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Abraham Bloemaert
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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| Title | The Look, from the series The Five Senses |
| Date | ca. 1632 - 1670 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: A. Bloemaert/ Pater inv. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: F. Bloemaert/ Filius Sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Visus | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: N. Visscher Excud: cum Privil: 1 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-KK-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KK-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11567/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F3
birds
Iconclass
25F34 owls Iconclass 25F39(DOVE) other birds: dove Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A3 the (five) senses Iconclass 31A31 sight, looking (one of the five senses) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 57BB2 Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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