A Civic Guardsman Holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker', Unknown

Seen

Not described yet.

Of

These are claims by the holder and by Wikidata, read 2026-09-04, and join nothing until an editor confirms them.

Iconclass
61B:31D1441C32341C1231B62321laughing45(+26)41D221(HAT)(+81)
Wikidata depicts
drinking

Means

No reading yet.

Rights

Credit
Rijksmuseum
Licence
Public Domain Mark 1.0
Evidence
data.rijksmuseum.nl Linked Art record https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200109347: subject_to classified_as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ on image (VisualItem) (read 2026-08-27)
Record
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/SK-A-135--884b50ad9157e0b12a90e4a5e8acf336
IIIF
manifest
A Civic Guardsman Holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker', Unknown
A Civic Guardsman Holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker' — Unknownc. 1628 - c. 1630

Also by Unknown

5442
Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail, Unknown
Relief Fragment with a Ship Under SailUnknownca. 2465–2458 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: South Wall, Unknown
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: South WallUnknownca. 2446–2389 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
West wall of the chapel of the mastaba Kaemsenu with niches for Iretnub, Kaemsenu and Werdjedptah, Unknown
West wall of the chapel of the mastaba Kaemsenu with niches for Iretnub, Kaemsenu and WerdjedptahUnknownca. 2420–2250 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Relief of Nyankhnesut Seated, Unknown
Relief of Nyankhnesut SeatedUnknownc. 2311–2281 BCECleveland Museum of Art
Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons Flanking an Ankh Sign over a Crouching Lion, Unknown
Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons Flanking an Ankh Sign over a Crouching LionUnknownca. 2150–2100 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Pyramidal Back with Horizontal Piercing, Device showing Two Falcons Flanking what is meant to be an Ankh Sign, Unknown
Design Amulet, Pyramidal Back with Horizontal Piercing, Device showing Two Falcons Flanking what is meant to be an Ankh SignUnknownca. 2150–2010 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Cow Nursing Calf and also a Kneeling Suckling Man Visible on Opposite Side on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons with an Ankh Sign over a Lion, Unknown
Design Amulet, Cow Nursing Calf and also a Kneeling Suckling Man Visible on Opposite Side on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons with an Ankh Sign over a LionUnknownca. 2150–2100 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Back in the Form of a Woman Suckling a Child, Device showing Two Lizards Head-to-tail, Unknown
Design Amulet, Back in the Form of a Woman Suckling a Child, Device showing Two Lizards Head-to-tailUnknownca. 2100–2080 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Within fifty years of c. 1628 - c. 1630

848
The Annunciation, Alessandro Vittoria
The AnnunciationAlessandro Vittoriac. 1583The Art Institute of Chicago
Boy Drinking, Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609)
Boy DrinkingAnnibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609)1582–83Cleveland Museum of Art
Abduction of a Sabine Woman, Giambologna
Abduction of a Sabine WomanGiambolognamodel ca. 1579; cast possibly late 16th centuryMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Seated Male Nude, Michelangelo Buonarroti
Seated Male NudeMichelangelo Buonarrotin.d.The Art Institute of Chicago
Last Supper, Raphael
Last SupperRaphaeln.d.The Art Institute of Chicago
Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard, Italian, Brescia
Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss GuardItalian, Brescia1590; decoration 1623/44The Art Institute of Chicago
Table clock, Bartholomew Newsam
Table clockBartholomew Newsam1580–85Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Escutcheon, Federico Zuccaro, Italian, 1542 – 1609
EscutcheonFederico Zuccaro, Italian, 1542 – 1609ca. 1580Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Similar picturesFound by visual likeness

6 pictures

Visual resemblances suggested by the model. A match does not establish a shared subject or historical connection.

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, Frans Hals
Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic GuardFrans Halsc. 1636/1638National Gallery of Art
0.88
Willem Coymans, Frans Hals
Willem CoymansFrans Hals1645National Gallery of Art
0.88
Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650), Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650)Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)1640Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
0.87
Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)1650Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
0.84
Portrait of Jan van de Poll (1597-1678), Frans Hals
Portrait of Jan van de Poll (1597-1678)Frans Halsc. 1637Rijksmuseum
0.84
Portrait of a Young Man, Frans Hals
Portrait of a Young ManFrans Hals1646/1648National Gallery of Art
0.84

Next

Made in the seventeenth century, like A Civic Guardsman Holding a Berkemeier, known as 'The Merry Drinker'.

0:00–0:00