A Painter Smoking a Pipe
Adriaen Brouwer
1630 - 1640
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
18.8; 24.3; 5
About this artwork
signature, centre right, on the painting on the easel (false): ‘J D . Heem’
About the Artist
Adriaen Brouwer · 1605–1638
Son of a tapestry designer and an embroidress (or perhaps dressmaker). Legend has it that his widowed mother placed him as an apprentice in the studio of Frans Hals in Haarlem. In 1626 Brouwer moved to Amsterdam and was a successful artist. Comment on works: Genre; Religious; Landscapes