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Silent Companions

Adriaen Brouwer, 1600–1700

National Galleries Scotland: National, Edinburgh

A lantern-jawed peasant sits on a low rush-bottomed chair holding a church-warden pipe to his mouth while on another chair is a second man, his back towards us and his shoulders hunched. They are before an open fire, beyond which the interior is very dark.

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Title of artwork, date

Silent Companions, 1600–1700

Date supported

1927

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

16 x 89 cm

Grant

325

Total cost

325

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