De roker
c. 1635 - c. 1640
- Medium
- oil paint (paint)
- Dimensions
- 29.7 × 21.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-107743
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.
Provenance
De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
Registry history
- c. 1635 - c. 1640 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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