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A Man holding a Carnation to a Woman's Nose: An Allegory of the Sense of Smell

Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A Man holding a Carnation to a Woman's Nose: An Allegory of the Sense of Smell

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This painting must date from before c.1660 when Maes abandoned his early career as a painter of genre scenes and religious works and devoted himself to painting portraits. The dark, rich colour and heavy brushwork indicate a debt to Rembrandt, with whom Maes is said to have studied in the late 1640s.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Title

A Man holding a Carnation to a Woman's Nose: An Allegory of the Sense of Smell

Date

pre 1660

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 59 x W 62 cm

Accession number

WA1917.1

Acquisition method

gift from Florence Weldon (née Tebb), 1917

Work type

Painting

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Nicolaes Maes

1634–1693

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