Taste
1618 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This work is one of a series of five paintings depicting the five senses, painted on a mahogany panel. It features a lavish banquet scene surrounded by numerous smaller paintings and a variety of game and food items.
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This painting belongs to a celebrated series representing the Five Senses, a quintessential example of the encyclopedic curiosity of the Baroque era. The scene is densely packed with symbolic references, including secondary paintings within the work, such as the 'Marriage at Cana' displayed on the back wall, which highlights the theme of culinary excess and indulgence associated with the sense of taste.
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Taste
Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1618
