Smell (Odor), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Horizontal panel with the personification of Odor (Smell) shown as a female figure smelling a flower in her left hand with a bowl of flowers on her lap. She appears under an arch formed from roses at center and has a dog at her right side. At right of the arch, two putti stand between two scrolling tendrils and hold up a vase of tulips. At left, a putto falling from a strapwork frame, with another putto below. The series, consisting of a title and five plates with the senses personified by female figures, is titled 'Quinque sensuum descriptio, in eo picturae genere quod (Grottesche) vocant Itali' (Description of the Five Senses in that kind of painting that the Italians call grotesque). This set belongs to the 3rd edition, published in London by Robert Walton after 1646 (ca. 1655). An inscription on the title plate (45.101.1) credits Walton as the publisher ('SOULD BY RO: WALTON), but there are visible traces of the name and address of the publisher of previous editions.