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The Smell, from the series The Five Senses

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 220 x 292 mm
  • Inv. 2014-LM-1

Public Domain

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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.