The Smokers (painting)

Painting by Adriaen Brouwer

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[edit]

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. [4] 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;[1] and Jan Lievens is the person on the far left.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "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\. ISBN 9780870993565.
4. ^ Sutton, Peter C. (2002). Dutch & Flemish Paintings: The Collection of Willem Baron Van Dedem. Frances Lincoln ltd. p. 47\. ISBN 9780711220102.

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