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A Peasant with a Bird
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A Peasant with a Bird

Date unknown

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

Oval 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (18.1 x 14 cm); set in rectangular panel 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Adriaen Brouwer

1605–1638Southern 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