The Senses in Mezzotint

Here is a series of mezzotints illustrating the five senses, by Dutch graphic artist Jacob Gole (1660-ca.1737).

Gole was, I gather, best known for his striking genre prints depicting daily life, but his emotive images of peasants earned him his reputation, and they remain some of his best work.

He was also a caricaturist, and a copyist, making portrait-prints after painted originals.

I lifted these images from the print room of the Spencer Museum of art at the University of Kansas. Clicking on the images above will open larger, pop-up versions of the same.