The Smokers (painting)

The Smokers is a painting by the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer, painted in ca. 1636.[1] It hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.[2] The oil-on-wood painting measures 46.40 by 36.80 centimetres (18.27 in × 14.49 in), and it is signed by the artist.[3][4]

Brouwer probably painted The Smokers in Antwerp.[1]

Description

A self-portrait of Bouwer appears among a group of young artists in a tavern smoking and carousing over beer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Adriaen Brouwer: The Smokers". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Adriaen Brower: The Smokers". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Smokers (1636)". Artble. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Liedtke, Walter A. (1984). Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 5.
  5. ↑ Sutton, Peter C. (2002). Dutch & Flemish Paintings: The Collection of Willem Baron Van Dedem. Frances Lincoln ltd. p. 47.