The Smokers (painting)

The Smokers is a painting by the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer, painted in ca. 1636, probably in Antwerp. It hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.[1]

The oil-on-wood painting measures 46.40 by 36.80 centimetres (18.27 in × 14.49 in) and is signed by the artist.[2][3]

Description

The painting is of several young men smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. A self-portrait of Brouwer appears among them (he is the one turned to face the viewer).[4] The person depicted at right (in black and white apparel) is painter Jan de Heem.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Smokers". metmuseum.org. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Smokers (1636)". Artble. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Liedtke, Walter A. (1984). Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 5.
  4. ↑ Sutton, Peter C. (2002). Dutch & Flemish Paintings: The Collection of Willem Baron Van Dedem. Frances Lincoln ltd. p. 47.
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