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Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell), probably 1791
Jan Ekels the Younger (Dutch, 1759–1793)
Oil on canvas; 25 7/8 x 23 1/2 in. (65.7 x 59.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram L. Podell, 1981 (1981.239)

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[Dr. Benedict & Co., Berlin, until 1928]; C. Waltfried (1928; his sale, Jacob Hecht, Berlin, November 13, 1928, no. 386a); ?private collection, Brumfield, Nottingham; sale, Christie's, London, July 17, 1964, no. 209, as "Taste," for 280 gns. to Houthakker; [Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam, from 1964]; Mr. and Mrs. Bertram L. Podell, New York (until 1981)

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