Allegory of the Five Senses series

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allegorical paintings painting series

The Allegory of the Five Senses series is a group of richly detailed early 17th-century paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder that personify sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch through elaborate symbolic scenes.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical paintings ⓘ
painting series ⓘ
artForm panel painting ⓘ
artisticSchool Flemish painting ⓘ
associatedWith courtly culture of the Southern Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jan Brueghel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Hearing ⓘ
Sight ⓘ
Smell ⓘ
Taste ⓘ
Touch ⓘ
banquet scenes ⓘ
luxury objects ⓘ
musical performance ⓘ
scientific curiosity ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
hasPart Allegory of Hearing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allegory of Sight NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allegory of Smell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allegory of Taste NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allegory of Touch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme human perception ⓘ
knowledge through the senses ⓘ
sensory experience ⓘ
worldly luxury ⓘ
influencedBy Northern Renaissance detail ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin and vernacular variants ⓘ
mainSubject five senses ⓘ
movement Flemish Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor complex allegorical program ⓘ
elaborate still-life elements ⓘ
richly detailed compositions ⓘ
technique oil painting ⓘ
timePeriod early 17th century ⓘ
useOfSymbolism depiction of banquets and food ⓘ
depiction of physical contact and touch ⓘ
inclusion of flowers and perfumes ⓘ
inclusion of luxurious objects ⓘ
inclusion of musical instruments ⓘ
inclusion of scientific instruments ⓘ
personification of senses as female figures ⓘ
visualStyle crowded compositions filled with objects ⓘ
highly detailed miniaturist technique ⓘ

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Jan Brueghel the Elder → notableWork → Allegory of the Five Senses series ⓘ
Theodoor Rombouts → notableWork → Allegory of the Five Senses series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegory of the Five Senses
Pieter de Grebber → notableWork → Allegory of the Five Senses series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegory of the Five Senses