# The Old Drinker

- By: Gabriël Metsu (Leiden, 1629–1667)
- Date: c. 1661 - c. 1663
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 22 cm x width 19.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-250--ec4ac527d08350f753f2a0be0d173f7d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ZcEuJ/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 old man holding a beer tankard looks out at us somewhat drowsily. The tally of the drinks he has consumed is chalked up on the slate behind him. The beer barrel at the left bears the mark of Het Rode Hert (The Red Hart), an Amsterdam brewery on the Prinsengracht. Metsu was living next door to it around 1650.