Engraving of a woman in a chair playing a lute beside a man playing a viol, with a putto holding a bird below and Latin text underneath.

The Five Senses: Hearing

An engraving shows a richly dressed woman seated in a carved chair, playing a lute while a bearded man beside her plays a viol. A small winged putto at lower left holds a bird, and a table with an open book sits in the foreground. Latin verses are printed beneath the scene.

Artist: Willem van de Passe
Date: 1607-1637
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2730 × 3446 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1637.
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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