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This painting is a characteristic work by Jan Ekels, who specialised in sober interiors with one or a few figures. It comes from a series of five canvases depicting the Five Senses, of which four paintings are presently known. Each painting shows two men and a woman in a room, which is furnished with a colourful rug, a covered table with the same kind of chairs. The backgrounds all feature a bare wall with a curtain pulled to one side and a door with an overdoor painting depicting a classical relief. The present painting represents the Sense of Smell.
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