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"The smokers", c. 1636 by Adriaen Brouwer (1606-1638) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA.
Note: This scene of conviviality of friends, of smoking and imbibing beer illustrates how alcohol is a "social lubricant" which inhibits inhibitions, thus stimulates dialogs during festivities. Portrayed are the artist with his friend painters Jan Davidsz (filling his pipe) and Jan Corsiers (drinking beer).
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