A Militiaman Holding A Berkemeyer Known As The Merry Drinker Wall Art

Among Frans Hals's celebrated works, "A Militiaman Holding A Berkemeyer Known As The Merry Drinker" (1639) offers an iconic moment in the history of Baroque Figurative. The work's Brown palette evokes a contemplative mood. Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate their homes with works of art. Reproduced with archival precision, this print preserves every detail of the original.