Adriaen Brouwer was born c. 1605/06 in Oudenaarde. After the death of his father he left his home, he was about sixteen, and went to Antwerp, then to Holland. He worked in Haarlem in the workshop of Frans Hals (c. 1623-24) and then in Amsterdam. In 1631 he returned to Antwerp, became a member of the St. Lukas Guild and ran a small workshop. Brouwer was always in debt, spending some months in prison. It was Rubens, who highly appreciated the artist and owned 17 of his pictures, who probably obtained Brouwer’s release.
c.1624-25. Oil on panel. 34.8 x 26 cm. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
c.1635. Oil on panel. 35 x 26 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
c.1635-37. Oil on panel. 25 x 34 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
Oil on panel. 19.5 x 12 cm. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Oil on panel. 31.5 x 39.5 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
Oil on panel. 20 x13 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
Oil on panel. 26.5 x 34.5 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
Oil on panel. 25 x 33.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1635-38. Oil on panel. 47 x 35 cm. Staatliche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; Germany.
Flemish Painters. by N. Gershenzon-Tchegodayeva. Moscow. 1949.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.