The Bean King (The King Drinks)
- Artist
- Jacob Jordaens
- Date
- 1638
- Style
- Baroque
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Hermitage Museum
'The Bean King' (also known as 'The King Drinks') is a captivating oil on canvas painting by Flemish Baroque artist Jacob Jordaens, created around 1638. This lively genre painting depicts a humorous and vivid scene of a man crowned as the "Bean King," reveling amidst jars and food, highlighting everyday life with richness and vitality characteristic of the Baroque style. Held in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the work exemplifies Jordaens' masterful use of color and composition to evoke emotion and storytelling.
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