The King Drinks (Jordaens, St Petersburg) The King Drinks (Jordaens, St Petersburg) The King Drinks or The Bean King is a c.1638 painting by Jacob Jordaens, now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Its history is unknown before 18 August 1762, when it was sold at the Wirman auction in Amsterdam. It was resold at the sale of J. van der Mark's collection on August 25 1773. By the end of the 18th century it was already in Alexander Bezborodko's collection, from which it was inherited by Nikolai Alexandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko, who in turn left it to the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts. It
20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait is a collection of some of George Strait's greatest Christmas songs. It was released in 2003 by MCA Nashville. "20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait" received three out of five stars from William Ruhlmann of Allmusic. In his review, Ruhlmann laments that "this compilation is not what it might have been" because "Strait seems intent on rewarding his current crop of contributing songwriters by including plenty of their mediocre contributions