Gole's Prints Jacob Gole

The Five Senses

Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660 - ca. 1737) worked in Amsterdam and Haarlem. He is best known for his prints of scenes of daily life (genre scenes) and especially his images of peasants. His peasant scenes owe much do his predecessors Adriaen van Ostade, David Teniers, and Adriaen Brouwer.

The five senses is one of the standard sixteenth-century print series that take natural cycles or categories as their theme (see "About Printed Sets"). The five senses are: "t'Gezicht" (sight), "t' Gehoor" (sound), "t'Gevoel" (touch), "de Smaak" (taste), and "de Reuck" (smell). The other text under each image indicates that the series was published by Nic. Visscher, with "privilege," a form of early copyright.