A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

  • Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
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26960i
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The five senses (Martin de Vos)
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[Amsterdam] : Assu. van Lond excu

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark.

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Saepius ut tactus fines transcendit honesti / Sic saepe et facti fit sibi poena sui / Fulgura sensere atq armatum fulmine ferrum / Ob lapsum ex horto pulsus uterq(ue) parens. M. de Vos invent. N. de B. fe.

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Wellcome Collection 26960i

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