The painting is of several young men smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. A self-portrait of Brouwer appears among them (he is the one turned to face the viewer). The person depicted at right (in black and white apparel) is painter Jan de Heem.
This Adriaen Brouwer fellow, I am learning, liked painting "[peasants, soldiers and other 'lower class' individuals engaged in drinking, smoking, card or dice playing, fighting, music making etc. in taverns or rural settings](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen Brouwer)"
A distant relative of LA's/America's "low-brow" art movement?
This Adriaen Brouwer fellow, I am learning, liked painting "[peasants, soldiers and other 'lower class' individuals engaged in drinking, smoking, card or dice playing, fighting, music making etc. in taverns or rural settings](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen Brouwer)"
A distant relative of LA's/America's "low-brow" art movement?
Edit: Why the fug isn't that link working?
Oh well