1660
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Man Smoking a Pipe and a Small Boy is a 1660 by Michiel Sweerts, a Baroque work, depicting Smoking, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man in a dark coat sits indoors, smoking a pipe. A small boy stands beside him, looking up. The light falls on the man’s face but leaves the boy half in shadow. Sweerts often painted quiet scenes like this. He worked in Brussels and Rome before settling in Amsterdam. Some think this shows a father and son. Others say it might just be two people in a room. Look up Michael Sweerts (Dutch, 1618–1664) next.
Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts (29 September 1618 – 1 June 1664) was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies.
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