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Taste (Gustus), Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris

Cornelis Cort, Frans Floris

Taste (Gustus)

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Cornelis Cort
nachFrans Floris

Taste (Gustus), 1561

From the Series „The five Senses“

Blatt: 203.5 x 267 mm
Platte: 202 x 266.5 mm

Inventory Number: 50092

Object Number: 50092 D

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Taste (Gustus)
From the Series „The five Senses“

Engraver

Cornelis Cort

Inventor

afterFrans Floris

Production Place

Antwerp

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Beschriftet in der Platte u. m.: ·FF· inue h· cock excu; oben links über der Personifikation: GVSTVS; unter der Darstellung, in der Platte: SENSORIVM GVSTATVS EST NERVVS SVPRA LINGVAM EXPANSVS AD QVEM SAPOR PERVENIT DVCTVS A SALIVA 1561

Captions Added Later: Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer; unten links Stempel "Brönner's Vermächtnis" (Lugt 307)

Watermark: Doppeladler mit Krone und Vierpass

Work Catalogues: NHD (Floris) 118 I/III
NHD (Cort) 207 I/II

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

31A34taste, tasting (one of the five senses)
31A340'Gusto' (Ripa)
31D15adult woman
31A235sitting figure
25F22monkeys, apes
25G21fruits
41A7751container made of plant material other than wood: basket

Secondary

41C311table-knife
25G21(APPLE)fruits: apple
25G21(PEAR)fruits: pear
47I4223grape
41C11eating
41C322mug, beaker, goblet
41A54fence, wall, paling
25G3trees

Associative

47I41fruit-tree culture; fruit harvest

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19.06.2026