The Art Newspaper

Rijksmuseum gets bladdered

By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 14 December 2009

A spot of drunken debauchery always appeals so we were quite taken by the following "gin-sozzled" press blurb from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam about its current show (until 1 March 2010) which focuses on boozy behaviour depicted by 16th- and 17th-century artists: "This graphic pub-crawl in 18 prints and drawings takes in some of the most colourful watering-holes in the Rijksmuseum Print Room collection." Works by Rembrandt, Cornelis Dusart and Adriaen Brouwer show the feasting and fighting at taverns, fairs and village revelries.