[1] The paintings have been loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by their owners, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo.

Wautier paints a young boy in a cloak while holding a pair of glasses up to his eyes, looking intently at his palm.

Wautier deptics a boy in his early teens who is casually sitting on a chair, relaxed, and playing the recorder while he gazes off.

A red beret with a large gray feather hanging from the side while sitting against a warm backdrop.

A painting of a young blond boy who is pinching his nose due to the awful smell of a rotten egg he is holding in his left hand.

The painting shows a young boy with long red hair, lightly biting down on a piece of bread.

[7] A dark brown cloth hanging from his shoulders while wearing a black coat with a white, collared shirt under.

The painting is a representation of a young boy wearing a white shirt under a black jacket with buttoned sleeves.

During the 1600s in the Dutch Republic, the art market had been dominated by landscapes, portraits, genre works, and still lifes.

Genre scenes depicting boys and teenagers, which have been set in a trend dominated by Michael Sweerts.

During the 17th century in the early modern Netherlands, conveying the five senses in artistic series became as popular as depicting the four seasons, the four elements, and the four temperatures.

[9] Considering other artists; Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens have painted The Five Senses, their main pieces consisted of women models in landscapes.