Allegory of Smell
1775. Oil on canvas.Not on display
Lagrenèe, a member of the Paris Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, trained under Carle van Loo (1705-1765). He travelled in Italy, and worked for the French and Russian courts. This painting is one of a series -the Five Senses- which included the Allegory of Touch, also in the Prado. Both were commissioned by a British nobleman.