The Five Senses: Taste

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Künstler*in Hans Makart (1840 Salzburg – 1884 Wien)

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
314 x 70 cm
SignatureMonogr. rechts unten: H. M.
Inventory number427a
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Hearing, Touch, Sight, Smell, and Taste: the Belvedere collection holds Hans Makart’s complete series of paintings depicting the five senses. True to the tastes of the time, the artist represented these with nude female models, depicting a sequence of views from a single rotation of the body and incorporating subtle allusions to the senses. The series was commissioned by Baron Joseph Alexander von Helfert for his apartment on Vienna’s prestigious Parkring. Narrow formats were chosen so the paintings could be hung between the windows, although they never actually reached their intended destination.