Paris (France), 1725 - Paris (France), 1805
See author's fileLagrenèe, 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.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 356.
Posada Kubissa, Teresa, Últimas adquisiciones: 1982-1995, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1995.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, 1996, pp. 190.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856).
Núm. 1999.
Jean Louis François Lagrenee / 1999. El sentido del Olfato / Cat. 6770 / Adquirido a D. Manuel González en 1982. 27 abril / Lote de 11 cuadros 33 millones pts [P6770 a P6780]
L. Lagrenee, 1775
Signed and dated.
Front, lower area
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