Drinking in the Art
XAVIER SALOMON, chief curator at the Frick Collection in New York, believes the best way to appreciate Van Dyck’s full-length portrait of Sir John Suckling is with a Pink Gin—one part Plymouth gin and a dash of Angostura bitters. For Rembrandt’s Polish Rider, he suggests a Szarlotka—a horse kick of vodka, cider, and a pinch of ground cinnamon. And nothing goes more suavely with Velázquez’s King Philip IV of Spain than a Fiftififti—equal measures of chilled, dry Fino and sweet sherry.
Of course, imbibing cocktails while standing in front of these masterpieces at the Frick will get you tossed out before you manage a sip. But you can’t visit museums in these plague times, anyway. So instead, the Frick proposes going online to
