Old World Portraits
Wybrand Hendriks and Agatha Ketel
Wybrand Hendricks
A dignified double portrait capturing a shared moment of domesticity and intellectual pursuit in the early 19th century.
The Sense of Smell
Jan Ekels the Younger
1791 · Oil Paint, Canvas
A sophisticated 18th-century Dutch genre painting depicting a social gathering centered around the senses.
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Where it works
A weightier piece with steady character in a warmer tonal register — brings a composed sense of weight.
- Often works in
- Study · Library · Dining Room
- Placement
- Reads best as a confident vertical anchor
- Walls
- Benefits from light or mid-tone surroundings
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Deep burgundy
About the piece
Painted in 1791 by Jan Ekels the Younger, this refined oil painting is a classic 'conversation piece' representing the sense of smell. The composition expertly balances light and shadow, highlighting the fine textures of the figures' period costumes and the deep green tablecloth against an atmospheric, scholarly interior.
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