Sight (Visus), from Quinque Sensuum, Franz Cleyn, ca. 1655

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Sight (Visus), from Quinque Sensuum, ca. 1655, Engraving, Sheet: 3 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. ( × cm), Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London), Horizontal panel with the personification of Visus (Sight) shown as a female figure looking at herself in a mirror, under an arch formed from strapwork and garland at center. Around the arch, inhabited scrollwork and putti, including a putto riding an eagle at upper left, one with glasses at lower left, and another with a spyglass at upper right

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Size: 6362px × 3064px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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