6274B

The Sense of Sight

Artist: Villa Alta de San Ildefonso de Oaxaca Workshop
Title: The Sense of Sight
Date: 17th century
Medium: Lute-filled sgrafitto on inlaid wood (Marquetería, taracea, intarsia, o madera embutida con esgrafiados rellenos de pasta de zulaque). Decoration to the front of a portable desk (escritorio portátil). Curiel 2019, II, Escritorio núm. 21.
Location: Private collection
Photo Source: Curiel 2019, II, 125.
Correspondence Credit: Curiel 2019, I, 209-213.
Note: For some reason, this piece inverts a piece of the same desk (6273B) and takes the place of the Sense of Touch, which goes unreprsented in the desk.
Item: 6274B