Touch

The sitter is unidentified. He is shown letting blood from his arm. He is a personification of the sense of Touch.

One of a series of the 'Five Senses', by Coques, in the Collection; 'Sight', 'Hearing', 'Smell', the fifth, 'Taste', is probably a copy. The series was painted before 1661 when 'Sight' was engraved. The costumes suggest a date of about 1655-60.

Other paintings in this group: The Five Senses

Sight (Portrait of Robert van den Hoecke) from The Five Senses

Gonzales Coques

before 1661

Hearing from The Five Senses

Gonzales Coques

before 1661

Smell (Portrait of Lucas Fayd'herbe) from The Five Senses

Gonzales Coques

before 1661

Taste from The Five Senses

After Gonzales Coques

after 1661