Adriaen Brouwer Gallery
The Card Players
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Oil on panel, 25 x 39 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

 
Adriaen Brouwer was one of the most original talents in Flemish art. Brouwer's version of the popular theme, The Card Players, is a genre piece in a small format, with marvelous, velvety colouring.

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Barbar Shop
Tavern
Card Players
Bitter Draught
Peasants Fighting
Smoking and Drinking
Seated Drinkers

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Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638)
Adriaen Brouwer was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium. His works are typically detailed and small, often adopting themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness. Brouwer himself spent much time in the alehouses of Flanders and Holland. Both Rubens and Rembrandt owned a number of his works.
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