The Laughing Cavalier is an oil painting of 1624 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, held in the Wallace Collection in London. The title was coined by the Victorian public and press after the painting was exhibited in England in the 1870s; the unidentified sitter is not actually laughing, but wears an enigmatic smile beneath an upturned moustache.
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The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London.
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The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London.
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The Laughing Cavalier is an oil painting of 1624 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, held in the Wallace Collection in London.
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The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London. It was described by art historian Seymour Slive as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". Th
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The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London. It was described by art historian Seymour Slive as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". Th
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