Currently part of the Wallace Collection in England, the Latin inscription on the top right of the work states that the portrait was created in 1624, when the sitter was 26 years old.
This painting shares its name with a 1917 film that credits Baroness Orczy as a writer and stars A.V. Bramble as Diogenes. Richard Seymour-Conway bought this work at an auction in 1865 under an alternate title, and it has been compared to the work of Arcimboldo in that it seems to have been created out of "something inanimate." Much like the Mona Lisa, the subject of this work appears to be staring at the viewer at all times, though he actually looks straight ahead. Currently part of the Wallace Collection in England, the Latin inscription on the top right of the work states that the portrait was created in 1624, when the sitter was 26 years old. FTP, name this work depicting a smiling mirthful young chap in a silk costume and a large black hat, the best known work of Franz Hals.
This painting shares its name with a 1917 film that credits Baroness Orczy as a writer and stars A.V. Bramble as Diogenes.
The {Laughing Cavalier}