Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Aristocrats smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
Aristocrats smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
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Aristocrats smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

Abraham Bosse

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Odoratus. L'odorat. Flora rosis vario fructu Pomona, suaui/ Vertumnus nares pascit odore meas/ Verum cunctus odor divino huic cedat odori,/ Gloria quem castæ tollit ad astra famæ. A. Bosse in et fe. ...

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