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The Smoker
Slouching in his chair, with his breeches open, the man blows smoke from his pipe through his nose. His eyes are glazed, as though he is in a stupor. In the 17th century smoking had fervent supporters as well as opponents. Some scholars held that tobacco smoke was therapeutic for both body and spirit; others were
convinced that pipe-smoking was as harmful as excessive drinking.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41C741
- http://iconclass.org/46A14
- http://iconclass.org/43B31
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41C741
- http://iconclass.org/46A14
- http://iconclass.org/43B31
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1630 - 1638
- 1630/1638
- 1630/1638
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- …; collection Charles Grant-Dalton (1884-1952), Doncaster;{Note RMA.}…; from Arthemus Tooth, £ RXX, to the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1936;{GRI, acc. no. 81780591, Colnaghi records, 1894-1959, picture stock books, fiche no 19, inv. no. A1898.} from whom, £ 750, to Isaäc de Bruijn (1872-1953), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, 1936;{Note RMA.} donated to the museum by Isaäc de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, 1949, but kept in usufruct;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1961
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10079
- SK-A-4040
Extent
- height 30.5 cm
- width 21.5 cm
Format
- oak (wood)
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:05.659Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:59.586Z