# Merrymakers at Shrovetide

- By: Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)
- Date: ca. 1616–17
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 39 1/4 in. (131.4 x 99.7 cm)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436622)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP145901.jpg
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