# The Merry Drinker

- By: Frans Hals (Antwerp, ca. –1666)
- Date: c. 1628 - c. 1630
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 81 cm x width 66.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-135--884b50ad9157e0b12a90e4a5e8acf336)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/CgrHr/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This work is a pinnacle of Hals’ bold and loose ‘rough’ style. The brushstrokes criss-cross the canvas, creating the impression of rapid execution as well as suggesting movement. The sitter, likely a civic guardsman or a military man based on his attire, is just about to raise his glass to toast with us.