Touch (Tactus), from Quinque Sensuum, Franz Cleyn, ca. 1655


Touch (Tactus), 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 Touch (Tactus) shown at center as a female figure with a bird perched on her left hand. She appears under an arch formed from thorned banches and rests her right foot on a turtle


Size: 6387px × 3066px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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