The Smokers (painting)
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| - | '''''The Smokers''''' is a painting by the Flemish painter [[Adriaen Brouwer]], painted in ''c.'' 1636, probably in Antwerp. It hangs in [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], in [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="Met" /> | + | '''''The Smokers''''' is a painting by the Flemish painter [[Adriaen Brouwer]], painted in ''c.'' 1636, probably in Antwerp. It hangs in [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], in [[New York City|New York]]. |
| The painting is of five young men smoking pipes and drinking beer. Brouwer included a self-portrait: he is the one turning to face the viewer while lifting a drinking mug and exhaling smoke. While the other artists have not been identified with certainty, it has been suggested the person in black and white apparel depicted on the right is painter [[Jan Davidszoon de Heem|Jan de Heem]]; the person in the middle is [[Joos van Craesbeeck]]; the person depicted blowing smoke out of his nose is [[Jan Cossiers]]; and [[Jan Lievens]] is the person on the far left. | The painting is of five young men smoking pipes and drinking beer. Brouwer included a self-portrait: he is the one turning to face the viewer while lifting a drinking mug and exhaling smoke. While the other artists have not been identified with certainty, it has been suggested the person in black and white apparel depicted on the right is painter [[Jan Davidszoon de Heem|Jan de Heem]]; the person in the middle is [[Joos van Craesbeeck]]; the person depicted blowing smoke out of his nose is [[Jan Cossiers]]; and [[Jan Lievens]] is the person on the far left. | ||
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The Smokers is a painting by the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer, painted in c. 1636, probably in Antwerp. It hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
The painting is of five young men smoking pipes and drinking beer. Brouwer included a self-portrait: he is the one turning to face the viewer while lifting a drinking mug and exhaling smoke. While the other artists have not been identified with certainty, it has been suggested the person in black and white apparel depicted on the right is painter Jan de Heem; the person in the middle is Joos van Craesbeeck; the person depicted blowing smoke out of his nose is Jan Cossiers; and Jan Lievens is the person on the far left.
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