c. 1634-1643
Touch
Jan BothDutch, c. 1618 - 1652
In a suite of etchings Jan Both illustrates the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In this print he portrays touch through his depiction of an itinerant dentist using his fingers to search for the cause of the patient's pain. Off to the side, the patient's wife wrings her hands in sympathy for her husband's ordeal.
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