Title: Merrymakers at Shrovetide
Object type: Painting
Date: ca. 1616–17
Artist:  Frans Hals 
Artist bio: Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 39 1/4 in. (131.4 x 99.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Food, term: Bread, term: Happiness, term: Men, term: Women, term: Party, term: Bagpipes, term: Eggs