A woman eating from a plate and a monkey eating fruit; representing the monkey's higher sense of taste. Engraving by G. Pencz.
- Georg Pencz
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- 27162i
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About this work
Description
The monkey was a symbol of taste through contagion by its other symbolic associations: it was a symbol of the fall of man through its association with baseness, its distorted 'similarity' to man
Physical description
1 print : line engraving
Contributors
Lettering
Gustus. GP. Simia nos superat gustu
References note
Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Nieuwkoop, 1982, vol. VIII, p. 194
Reference
Wellcome Collection 27162i
Language note
Latin
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Location Status Access Closed stores