ID: 700009615 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009615	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Merry Drinker (painting (visual work); Frans Hals (ca. 1581-1666) ; c. 1628 - c. 1630; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); SK-A-135)

Note: Portrait of a guard holding a berkenmeier glass containing a beverage.

Titles:

Merry Drinker (preferred,C,U,AV,English-P,U,P)

Jolly Toper, The (C,U,English,U,U)

De vrolijke drinker (C,U,BT,Dutch,U,P)

Een schutter die een berkenmeier vasthoudt, bekend als ‘De vrolijke drinker’ (C,U,RP,Dutch,U,U)

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’ (C,U,RP,English,U,U)

A Civic Guardsman holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker' (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: c. 1628 - c. 1630

Creator Display:

Frans Hals (ca. 1581-1666) [preferred,VP]

painter Hals, Frans (Dutch painter, ca. 1581-1666) [500027794]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: SK-A-135

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: support: h 81 cm × w 66.5 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	half-length figures [300047469]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

	rummer [300043243]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels, drinking glasses) (AAT)

	guardsman [300435100]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in security and protection occupations>) (AAT)

	berkenmeiers [300435101]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels, drinking glasses) (AAT)

	drinking [300379698]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: signature, centre right: ‘FH’

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... De vrolijke drinker. Lachende man met baard en grote zwarte hoed, ten halven lijve, met een berkenmeier in de linkerhand en opgeheven rechterhand. Om de hals een medaillon aan een ketting.

Sources and Contributors:
Merry Drinker	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
Jolly Toper, The	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) Colorplate 53
De vrolijke drinker	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
Een schutter die een berkenmeier vasthoudt, bekend als ‘De vrolijke drinker’	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 24 May 2019
A Civic Guardsman holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker'	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 24 May 2019