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Brouwer is said to have been a pupil of Frans Hals in Haarlem. By c.1632 he had settled in Antwerp, where he remained for the rest of his brief life. He is chiefly known as a painter of peasant subjects. This little picture may have been intended as a satire illustrating the evil effects of smoking and drinking.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Two Peasants

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 22 x W 18 cm

Accession number

WA1962.17.8

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Francis Falconer Madan, 1962

Work type

Painting

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England

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Artist or maker

Adriaen Brouwer

1605/1606–1638

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