Title Plate, from Quinque Sensuum. Artist: Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582-1658 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (9.5 × 20.1 cm). Publisher: Published by Robert Walton. Series/Portfolio: Quinque Sensuum. Date: ca. 1655.Horizontal panel with the title on fabric draped from a strapwork cartouche at center and surrounded by animals. At left, a monkey in glasses, a deer, and a dog. At right, a parrot, crane, and rabbit. Below the fabic at center, a turtle seen from the front. The series, consisting of a title and five plates with the senses personified by female figures, is titled 'Quinque sensuum descriptio, in eo picturae genere quod (Grottesche) vocant Itali' (Description of the Five Senses in that kind of painting that the Italians call grotesque). This set belongs to the 3rd edition, published in London by Robert Walton after 1646 (ca. 1655). An inscription on this plate credits Walton as the publisher ('SOULD BY RO: WALTON), but there are visible traces of the name
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