Touch (Tactus), from "The Five Senses" 1539 - 1549

"Touch (Tactus)" is a 16th-century engraving by German Renaissance artist Georg Pencz, part of his series "The Five Senses." The print depicts a nude woman, draped in a cloth, using a tool to test the texture of a woven fabric. The detail of the spiderweb in the upper corner, along with the tools used to test the fabric, subtly connects touch to the theme of sensation. This artwork, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a fine example of the artist's mastery of line and detail.