The Sense of Smell, Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), 1744 to 1747, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm), allegory, basket, birds, botany, conversation piece, costume, dead, dog (animal), flower (plant), flowers (plants), food, fruit, genre subject, hunter, hunting, Italianate, lovers, melons, men, milkmaid, park (grounds), pastoral, rifle (long gun), Rococco style, science, senses, smell, tricorne, women