Now housed at Hertford House, London, it was originally known as Portrait of a Man, but got its now-standard name after Richard Seymour-Conway purchased it at auction in 1865. The title figure's sleeve has ten buttons and he sports a black cumberbund and cravat, both of which match his hat, which is slightly askew. It was painted three years before its artist completed his Banquet of the St. Hadrian Civic Guard and from the writing in the upper right, we know that its subject is 26 years old, th
Now housed at Hertford House, London, it was originally known as Portrait of a Man, but got its now-standard name after Richard Seymour-Conway purchased it at auction in 1865. The title figure's sleeve has ten buttons and he sports a black cumberbund and cravat, both of which match his hat, which is slightly askew. It was painted three years before its artist completed his Banquet of the St. Hadrian Civic Guard and from the writing in the upper right, we know that its subject is 26 years old, though he doesn't seem to be affecting the titular expression. FTP, identify this best-known work of Franz Hals.
Now housed at Hertford House, London, it was originally known as Portrait of a Man, but got its now-standard name after Richard Seymour-Conway purchased it at auction in 1865.
The Laughing Cavalier