French-Flemish School, around 1580 - The Sense of Touch - image-1

Lot 1205 Dα

French-Flemish School, around 1580 - The Sense of Touch

Auction 1245 - overview Cologne
16.05.2024, 14:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.788 € (incl. premium)

French-Flemish School, around 1580

The Sense of Touch

Oil on panel. 27 x 21 cm.

Cycles depicting the five senses enjoyed great popularity in the 16th and 17th centuries. The present allegory of the sense of touch ("Tactus") from the Franco-Flemish school shows a portrait of a lady with the common attribute of a parrot biting her left thumb.