Until 1893, the entirety of Judith Leyster's works were attributed to this artist, who showed an infant in an extravagant gold dress in Catharina Hooft with Her Nurse.
This artist's biographer Arnold Houbraken claimed that this artist's professional difficulties were mostly due to a drinking problem. Until 1893, the entirety of Judith Leyster's works were attributed to this artist, who showed an infant in an extravagant gold dress in Catharina Hooft with Her Nurse. A banquet full of armed men from a group called "St. Adrian" look at the viewer at in one this artist's many paintings of (*) militia companies. This painter depicted a laughing woman with an owl on her left shoulder in Malle Babbe. In this Haarlem artist's most famous piece, a mustachioed man in flamboyant attire is shown smiling, but not actually riding a horse. For 10 points, name this Dutch Golden Age portraitist of The Laughing Cavalier. 
This artist's biographer Arnold Houbraken claimed that this artist's professional difficulties were mostly due to a drinking problem.
Frans Hals (the Elder) 