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| Keywords: Pietro Paolini - Allegory of the Five Senses - Walters 372768.jpg At first glace this is simply a scene in a darkened inn frequented by the poor and down-and-out Embedding a classical allegory a symbolic image in such a subject makes it especially intriguing Each person acts out one of the five senses sound is represented by the woman with a lute at center; taste by the man emptying a flask of wine; smell by the young man with a melon; sight by the man on the right holding a pair of spectacles; and touch by the two people who are fighting Paolini's allegory dates from his early years in Rome where he studied the paintings of Caravaggio 1571-1610 known for their realism and strong chiaroscuro modeling in light and shade ca 1630 Oil on canvas cm 125 1 173 accession number 37 2768 15244 Philippe duke of Orléans d 1723 Louis Philippe Joseph duke of Orléans Philippe Egalité d 1793 by inheritance Orléans Sale Coxe Burrell and Foster London February 14 1800 Dr Frank Lewarne Cricklade Wiltshire Cricklade Town Hall Wiltshire October 1945 by gift Private collection London Sale Sotheby's London December 8 1993 Mattiesen Fine Art Ltd London Walters Art Museum 2003 by purchase Museum purchase with funds generously provided by the Ben and Zelda Cohen Foundation and the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 2003 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pietro Paolini Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Allegories of senses | ||||
