Sense of Sight
date: label: Date
content: mid- 17th century
name: label: Author
content: Paul Scarron, French, 1610 - 1660
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel of natural colored linen plain cloth painted in polychrome tempera, showing one of the series of five senses. Figures of a man and woman seated at left. Winged putto at center offers a mirror to the woman, who is combing her hair. A blue and white vase of flowers at right. Verses from Scarron's poems, in French and Latin, at bottom.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-46-3
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and tempera on linen
label: Dimensions
content: 44.7 × 40.3 cm (17 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.)