# Allegory of the Five Senses [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAIRESSE, Gérard de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary The senses are represented as women and children engaged in some typical activity and with attributes. Hearing is associated with music. Sight holds a mirror. Taste has a fruit and Smell a bunch of flowers. Touch has a bird perching on her raised hand. ## Related artworks - [Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes]() - [Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes]() - [Allegory of the Freedom of Trade]() - [Allegory of Wisdom Fostering the Arts and Sciences]() - [Apollo and Aurora \(detail\)]() - [Apollo and Aurora]() - [Apollo and Aurora]() - [Cleopatra's Banquet \(detail\)]() - [Cleopatra's Banquet]() - [Diana and Endymion]() - [Five Female Heads]() - [Hagar in the Desert]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()