Ok, I don't want the other museums to get too jealous but we may have an original Adriaen Brouwer on our hands. This pen and ink wash drawing is supposedly from the 17th century and has been attributed to Brouwer. I don't know if that's true but I'm sure not going to go to a lot of trouble to disprove it.
In my view, Brouwer is the man! He spent much of his time in alehouses of Flanders and Holland, drawing and painting all the drunks. (Hey, I live near Georgetown University! I should do the same!) His works are typically detailed and small, and often adopt themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness in order to explore human emotions, expressions and responses to pain, fear and the senses. (Sounds like my neighborhood!)
I don't know if this is an actual Brouwer or not but if you think it is, I ain't gonna disagree with you. Especially if you're drunk and unruly.
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