The King Drinks (Jordaens, Brussels)

The King Drinks
ArtistJacob Jordaens
Year1640
MediumOil on canvas
MovementFlemish Baroque
Dimensions156 cm × 210 cm (61 in × 83 in)
LocationOldmasters Museum, Brussels

The King Drinks is an oil on canvas painting on canvas by the Flemish Baroque artist Jacob Jordaens, from 1640. It is held in the Oldmasters Museum, part of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, in Brussels. It shows the celebration of the Twelfth Night, with his king.

Jordaens's earlier painting of the same subject, executed in 1638, is in the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg.

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