'Fleeting Scents in Colors' at the Mauritshuis
February 16 2021
Picture: The Mauritshuis
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Mauritshuis in the Hague will be opening a new multisensory exhibition entitled Fleeting Scents in Colours when the museum reopens after lockdown.
As the museum's website explains:
Scented flowers and perfumes, foul-smelling canals and unpleasant body odours, smell and well-being, new aromas from far-away lands (spices, tobacco, coffee and tea), the disappearing smells of the bleaching fields, old crafts and more. Can life in the seventeenth century be captured in smell? How are smell (and scent) portrayed? What significance did people attach to smell? And what aromatic connotations do artworks have? In this exhibition, the Mauritshuis will undertake smell-historical research. In the vicinity of the art, various historic scents will be prepared to bring the paintings in the exhibition to life.
It appears that the exhibition catalogue in Dutch is already available on their website.
Update - Here's a link to the English version of the exhibition catalogue.
