The Smoker ca. 1623–25 Frans Hals Dutch Embraced by a smiling companion, the central figure indulges in the faddish vice of smoking tobacco, a recent import from the New World that greatly troubled Dutch moralists. The loose brushwork on this octagonal panel—its original shape—captures the bustle of a tavern The Smoker 436625

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