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The Bitter Potion
The face of a man who has just drunk the wrong thing.
What
A young man in a cap screws up his eyes and opens his mouth, a glass in one hand and a small cup in the other.
Why
Brouwer painted it in his last years; it is in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt (inventory 1076).
Notice
Even the hand on his chest is reacting.
“Not every glass is a pleasure, and Brouwer painted the other kind.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 1076.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Adriaen Brouwer
- Era
- Antwerp, c. 1636 to 1638
- Source
- Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag PD-Art, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 1076.
