The Smell, from the series The Five Senses
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Pieter Cool (engravers (printmakers)),
Maerten de Vos (after)
,
Joannes Galle (publisher)
Period
16th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Smell is represented in the guise of a young woman with flowers in her hands, seated on a chariot pulled by two greyhounds. The chariot is also embellished with flowers. In the background, two Biblical scenes are depicted: in the back left, God creates Adam, and in the back right, the house of Simon the Pharisee can be seen with…
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Smell is represented in the guise of a young woman with flowers in her hands, seated on a chariot pulled by two greyhounds. The chariot is also embellished with flowers. In the background, two Biblical scenes are depicted: in the back left, God creates Adam, and in the back right, the house of Simon the Pharisee can be seen with St Mary Magdalene drying Christ's feet.
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