Edwaert Collier
Still Life: The Smell

ArtistDutch, c. 1640–c. 1708, active England
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Still Life: The Smell
Datec. 1703
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 24 5/8 × 20 1/2 in. (62.5 × 52.1 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 7/8 × 26 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (78.4 × 67.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.9
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[Rafael Valls, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Foundation, 1986.
Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"Still Life Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, January 5–March 9, 2008.

"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

"The Unvarnished Truth: Scientific Discoveries in the Art Museum," McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Canada, August 12–December 23, 2015; Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, April 29–September 18, 2016; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Canada, October 8–December 3, 2016; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Canada, January 7–April 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on a simulated sheet of folded paper center left: Mr Collier, Painter at London.

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