# Man and Woman at the Breakfast Table

- By: Gabriël Metsu (Leiden, 1629–1667)
- Date: 1650 - 1660
- Medium: canvas, panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 6 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-249--9b6759c8fab3be28445fd2d7714a2c18)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/LkLSS/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

On the table is a plate with a ham, cheese, and bread. For the average family, this was a typical breakfast, sometimes supplemented by fish. The woman is about to pour some beer into her flute glass. In those days, people hardly drank any water, however beer was quite popular and drunk all day long. Women dominated the trades of breadmaking and beer brewing.