BOSSE, Abraham
(b. 1602, Paris, d. 1676, Paris)

The Five Senses: Hearing

c. 1635
Oil on canvas, 104 x 137 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours

The standard interior layout of the mid 17th century in France is known today through Abraham Bosse's engravings and to paintings based on his works, such as the cycle of the Five Senses. This picture shows a painting by an unknown painter after an engraving by Bosse.