Adriaen BrouwerFlemish, 1605–1638May one see it?
Paris, France
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1603/1605
Born
1621 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1622 · Workplace
Antwerp
1626 · Workplace
Haarlem
1631–1638
Debts and want in Antwerp
Brouwer's name regularly appears in Antwerp records in connection with the settlement of his debts; in his lifetime his paintings did not fetch high prices, and his household goods were seized for his creditors. His fellow artists valued him more highly than the market did: Rubens bought several of his pictures for his collection and tried to extend his patronage to the “incorrigible carouser”.
January 1638
Died