The Five Senses

still-life

In this still-life the Five Senses are represented in the form of objects. Hearing is clearly given a greater value than all the other senses. The open hymn-book with the words of thanksgiving 'Laudate dominum' forms a clear contrast to the reprehensible game of cards and the empty purse beside it - two objects representing the sense of touch.

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About the Artist

Jacques Linard

1600 – 1645

French still-life painter, who spent his career in Paris. In 1631 he was named as a 'valet de chambre' of Louis XIII. His pictures are strongly influenced by the Antwerp school of still-life painters, especially Jan Brueghel. Linard delights by his use of bright colour, his painstaking work and a curiously powerful juxtaposition of boxes and flowers. His present status is only slightly below that of Moillon, Baugin and Stoskopff.

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