The Sense of Smell
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish; 1577–1640) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish; 1568–1625)
1617–18
Oil on panel
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
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Clara Peeters (Flemish, 1587 - ?) • Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels • 1615
Detail
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant, c. 1623-1625
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Selene and Endymion, 1770, Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728-1781)
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Saturn Wresting with a Snake, 1770 by Giuseppe Cades (1750-1799)
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Johannes Vermeer - Officer and Laughing Girl (c. 1657)
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This is an unusual painting for Gentileschi. The majority of her work depicts women in dominant, powerful roles. This is an unusual painting for Gentileschi, as it depicts the subject, Venus, in a vulnerable situation. Art historians believe that it was possibly a reaction to the tastes of art patrons. It's very likely that paintings depicting women in role of control over men was not popular in that era. Gentileschi was raped by her art tutor as a teen and we can see by most of her paintings that she worked through that event in her work as a painter.
~Pagan Sphinx
Artemisia Gentileschi • Venus and Cupid • 1626 • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Emanuel de Witte (Dutch, 1617–1692) • Interior with a Woman at a Virginal • between 1665 and 1670 • Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
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Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants
Adriaen Coorte (Dutch; active ca. 1683–1707)
1696
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Flowers and metal vase by Andrea Belvedere (1652-1732)
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