In another one of his paintings a child holding a lute wears a feathered beret suggesting the piece is an allegory for hearing because a feather on one's head legendarily corresponds to strong sensitivity.
This artist drew a marriage portrait whose right side shows the temple of Juno, while the couple leans against an ivy-covered tree in the left foreground beside a thistle representing the pains of birth.  In another one of his paintings a child holding a lute wears a feathered beret suggesting the piece is an allegory for hearing because a feather on one's head legendarily corresponds to strong sensitivity. Along with Yonker Ramp and his Sweetheart and Two Boys Singing, his only full length, life-size portrait shows a man holding a black sword who is standing in front of a burgundy drape, while a rose bush at his feet indicates the transience of love that made him a bachelor. Another piece has derisively come to be called "The Meager Company" and that work depicts Captain Reynier Raenal's crossbow regiment. In addition to his portrait of Willem van Heythuyzen, one of works acquired its misleading title from a Victorian exhibition organized by Richard Wallace. An owl perches on the left shoulder of an old woman opening a tankard in his Malle Babbe and he did several group portraits of the St. George and St. Hadrian Civic Guards. For 10 points, name this Dutch artist who painted The Jolly Topper and The Laughing Cavalier.
This artist drew a marriage portrait whose right side shows the temple of Juno, while the couple leans against an ivy-covered tree in the left foreground beside a thistle representing the pains of birth.  
Frans {Hals}