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A Painter Smoking a Pipe

Adriaen Brouwer

1630 - 1640

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 24.3cm × w 18.8cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

historical persons; portrait, self-portrait of artist; portrait, self-portrait of painter

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1909

Notes

signature, centre right, on the painting on the easel (false): ‘J D . Heem’

Collection Type

paintings

About Adriaen Brouwer

1605–1638 • Southern Netherlands

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