Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Adriaen Brouwer
- Date
- 1636
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 46,4 × 36,8 cm (18 1/4 × 14 1/2 in)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Print up to
- 50 × 70 cm
- Reference
- XDV-0020
What the museum label doesn't tell you
The man in the center isn't looking at his drinking companions, he's looking straight at you. Mouth agape, eyes wide, mug raised, caught mid-exhale of smoke, as if he'd just noticed you spying. In a way he has. That's Adriaen Brouwer painting himself among his fellow Antwerp painters, all dressed down as tavern drunks. What reads as a rowdy genre scene is actually a disguised group portrait, an inside joke between artists who knew how to paint each other's faces. Taste as one of the senses, sure, but complicity as the real signature.
