Le Gout (Taste) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)
date: label: Date
content: 1720–1770
name: label: Artist
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Allegorical scene depicting the sense of taste. Two figures are seated beneath a tree with a large fruit, out of which some segments have been cut. The lefthand figure eats a slice of the fruit, and the right figure points at him.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-15-137
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 35.5 × 24.8 cm (14 in. × 9 3/4 in.)