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Engraving of a woman playing a lute in a forest, with a stag at right and musical instruments on the ground.

The Five Senses: Hearing (Auditus)

An engraving of a seated woman in a flowing gown playing a lute in a wooded clearing, with a stag at her right and a crowd of figures gathered under the trees behind her. A viol, a harp and other instruments lie on the ground at the lower left, and Latin inscriptions below name the sense of hearing, AUDITUS.

Artist
Adriaen Collaert (mentioned on object)
Date
1570-1618
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3263 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1618.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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